A Better Woman

by JHSEsq
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The author of A Bet­ter Woman con­sid­ers her blog her “mis­sion, my per­sonal min­istry, so that my ongo­ing jour­ney will inspire oth­ers to change and be the best per­son they could be,…” She describes her­self as “a work-in-progress. We all are.” In Vio­lin­ist in the Metro, she relays the story of an exper­i­ment arranged […]

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Toddler Planet

by JHSEsq
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It was on July 27, 2007 that Susan, aka Why­Mommy, pub­lished a post at Tod­dler Planet that would for­ever change the blo­gos­phere for the bet­ter. On that date, she asked blog­gers every­where to post her words in order to edu­cate their read­ers about the dan­ger signs of can­cer and urge them to con­sult their physician […]

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Writing in Faith

by JHSEsq
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Nom­i­nated by Viola Jaynes at Spir­i­tual Things Mat­ter, our Jan­u­ary 1, 2009, Win­ner Iron­i­cally, I had already selected Sandy Carl­son to be the next recip­i­ent of the Post of the Day Award when I received an email from Viola Jaynes nom­i­nat­ing her. Viola wrote: “She has some incred­i­ble poetry and writ­ings. I have so often […]

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Spiritual Things Matter

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Viola Jaynes describes her writ­ing goals in this man­ner: As I write, I desire that those who have expe­ri­enced pain will find some com­fort and peace. The words which I write come from my heart, birthed from my own bro­ken­ness and a con­tin­ued long­ing to find greater spir­i­tual aware­ness. I want to embrace all people […]

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Octamom: The Musings of a Mother to a Multitude

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She calls her­self “Octa­mom” because she is the mother of three boys and five girls to whom she refers accord­ing to their birth order, e.g., “4 of 8,” “7 of 8,” etc. Today she is receiv­ing the Post of the Day Award for her recent arti­cle, The Tide of Code­pen­dency. Although she writes a vari­ety of different […]

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Vent … a Series of Takes

by Barbara
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Ron, the author of Vent, com­pares his life to a series of takes in a film. What a unique way of describ­ing life’s expe­ri­ences! But believe me, it does fit Ron “to a t.” This Philadel­phia native not only is a pro­fes­sional actor and jack of all trades, but also a story teller extra­or­di­naire. Out […]

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BlogBlast for Peace 2008

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Eavesdrop Writer Blog

by JHSEsq
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Vivi­enne eaves­drops on con­ver­sa­tions other peo­ple are hav­ing. She does so in all kinds of places — stores, restau­rants, Vegas casi­nos, the com­mu­nity pool … She does it because she believes that “people-watching is the best show on earth.” And her read­ers are glad she does because she what she over­heard and how she happened […]

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The Sandman

by JHSEsq
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If you have ever watched a tele­vi­sion pro­gram or movie about med­ical pro­fes­sion­als respond­ing to a cri­sis, you have no doubt seen stereo­typ­i­cal char­ac­ters includ­ing the cool, unflap­pable, expe­ri­enced physi­cian, the arro­gant, overly-confident res­i­dent or the ner­vous, bum­bling intern. Qui­etusLeo teaches his read­ers that real­ity is prob­a­bly some­where between those extreme por­tray­als. “Some men are […]

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