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Six Word Story (38)
Read more: Six Word Story (38)They are small, they are fierce. Why do we underestimate them so? Why do we deny they are reflections of what still lives deep inside of every adult heart? Cherish those hearts, be they in the bodies of 2-year-olds, or in full-grown adults with all our learned coping mechanisms. It’s never too late to be…
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Six Word Stories (37)
Read more: Six Word Stories (37)I am so small, and that climb is so high. There is no railing. What makes the difference? A guiding hand to help me hold my balance and keep me from filling backyards while I take one step at a time. What if I can not find that hand? What if I am alone? What…
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How do You Catch a Cloud
Read more: How do You Catch a CloudHow do you catch a cloud and pin it down? Or corner a thing that floats in wisps ethereal wings?
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Six Word Story (36)
Read more: Six Word Story (36)Do you thrive in the quiet? Or in the none stop rush of the spinning world? Each element has its own worth, and we can find each within the other if we look closely. ©2021 Mary Grace van der Kroef Photo sourced from unsplash.com
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Kirsten McNeill Creative Coach/Author Interview
Read more: Kirsten McNeill Creative Coach/Author InterviewSeveral months I got to participate in an author interviewed with Kirsten McNeill. She is a fellow creator, author, editor, podcast host and creative coach. She has some really amazing new things in her future. But following her dreams has meant she needs to leave some old projects behind, so the platform our interview lives…
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It Would
Read more: It WouldIt came skippingin exuberance unchecked.A child with something to say. It left,deflated.Dismissed by the one it would engage, and aged. ©2021 Mary Grace van der Kroef
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Six Word Story (35)
Read more: Six Word Story (35)Even when the sky is overcast, a sunflower always knows where to look. I am envious of this nature. “How can you just KNOW?”“I just do.” A snippet of a conversation I have had on more than once occasion with someone close to me. How can you JUST know? It is a nature given to…
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Nighttime Sounds
Read more: Nighttime Sounds.Creak of staircase sounds.Eyes through spindles peering.“I’m thirsty Mommy.” .The clock ticks constant.Refrigerator purring.Air through nose louder. .Rolling over, pops.Rejected sheets whisper,one more bathroom trip. ©2021 Mary Grace van der Kroef
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Hope/Calla Press
Read more: Hope/Calla PressAt Calla Press, we are unashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ and we desire to glorify His name above all else. – SAMANTHA CABRERA, Calla Press Founder and Editor It blessed me to be in the right online writing group at the right time to hear Samantha Cabrera’s announcement about reopening Calla Press. What…
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Six Word Story (34)
Read more: Six Word Story (34)The word ‘art’ usually invokes images of paintings, drawings, or maybe woven tapestries from a different time. Or maybe the word ‘art’ brings a favorite story to mind, or a famous poem, or sculpture. But art is so much more than those things, and lives in so many places. The hands of come in all…