Tag: dailyprompt
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I don’t know what you heard about me…
What was the last thing you did for play or fun? I like to listen to hardcore rap and hip hop and dance in my kitchen. Tupac, Biggie, 50 Cent, Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr, Megan Thee Stallion, among many others. I am a white, middle-aged suburban mom who meditates, teaches yoga, keeps bees and…
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Should I Stay or Should I Go?
What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make? Why? When I was 21 years old I became pregnant through an unfortunate circumstance. I had no reason to have a baby, really no business bringing a child into my dumpster fire life. But something inside me just knew that it was the right choice. And…
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Lessons in Trust
Are you holding a grudge? About? I used to hold a monstrous grudge against my parents. They did so much damage, you see. But with each layer of healing from that damage, I find more acceptance. I recognize that my path is my path. The resilient and strong woman that I have become, the life…
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Intuition Clouded by Trauma
Do you trust your instincts? I’m a Pisces. I’m an empath. I have tendencies that can be considered claircognizant. All of these things suggest strong intuition. But empathic ability is often born of trauma. The ability to read a room and feel other people’s feelings, defense mechanisms. I understand people, what makes them tick, why…
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cycles and phases
Are you more of a night or morning person? Ah the moon, how it calls to my soul. Its steadfast, cyclical presence a constant lesson that everything happens in its own time and we have no control of the waxing and waning of life. She pulls my heart heavenward while still reminding me that my…
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Peek-a-boo, I see you
What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? Tell me just a little bit about yourself, and I will understand you, almost immediately. I can almost feel your childhood. I can tell when you’re leaving something out, I can usually figure out why. I can tell if you were well loved,…
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Lessons in Love
Who was your most influential teacher? My family of origin was chaotic, emotionally abusive and neglectful. From a young age, this helped me hone extraordinary empathy, the ability to read people and a room, as well as fierce independence. It brought with it many other negative traits of complex trauma; but as an adult, finally…
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Stranger (un) Danger
You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike? So this one time when I was nineteen, I left Colorado to head back to a Wisconsin after an unsuccessful attempt at living in a ski-bum, party town as an adolescent. Shocking. Big A and Suze were good about letting me come back…
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Hot AF
Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. Congratulations! I never thought we’d make it so far. When we were just a sweet innocent child, we couldn’t imagine any way out. Life was something that just happened to us. We learned that the best way to stay safe was to do what we were told. When…
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Everything Changes
What is the last thing you learned? Knowledge of any sort is a product of the human mind and thus a social construct. I have learned that like most things, learning is not a one and done thing. The lessons that I learn, day in and day out, are nonlinear. Often I am frustrated with…
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Silver Linings and Pitfalls
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? I have failed, and floundered, and fumbled and faltered and failed again. I went through seasons of my life where it seemed I would never learn a single lesson. Willfully ignorant. Cognitively dissonant. I have failed classes. I have failed to reach…
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Misadventures of all Sorts
What experiences in life helped you grow the most? The best way to grow? Fuck your shit allll the way up. Big mistakes. Epic failures. Misadventures of all sorts. When you land sobbing on the bathroom floor, look yourself face to face in the mirror. Shudder with the shame of it all. Wring your heart…
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The Boss’s Wife
Do you enjoy your job? I think being pleased with your job has a lot to do with how much privilege you had when you entered the work force. Being able to choose a career based off of your passions is reserved for people who are not just trying to make ends meet. I have been…
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Neuro-typical
If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? I would like to be a neuro-typical person. Someone who can face the ups and downs of life without being either over the moon or 20,000 leagues under the sea. Someone who can have totally normal conversation with a fellow…
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Despite It All
What advice would you give to your teenage self? Don’t start smoking. 4 drinks is more than enough for a 100lb girl to have a good time. You’re not so tough, stop trying to pretend. You’re not crazy, your mother is. Get your ass to school, you’re a smart girl, stop acting like you’re dumb.…
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No A**holes allowed
Who are your favorite people to be around? The truthful The authentic The adventurous and silly The bold and the brave The beautiful on the inside The shy but sweet The boisterous The gregarious The genuine and sincere The curious and introspective The whimsical and eccentric Basically, if you’re not an asshole, I’d probably enjoy…
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Walk a mile…
Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you. I’ve never walked a mile in someone else’s shoes. I’ve never needed to, to discern where someone has come from, it’s just something I understand. I could walk beside you on your path forward, or if you like I can take your…
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I will not write today
Well after this I will not I will not worry about the budget Or fill imaginary carts with imaginary items I will not clean Or cook Or cry I shall lay here in my nest of cozy solitude with no ambitions And notice the patch of blue outside my window crisscrossed, by the pattern of…
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Unintentionally Long
Have you ever unintentionally broken the law? What is unintentional? “Not on purpose”. How far does that extend? I mean I’ve broken several laws, but I wasn’t striving to be a criminal. I just didn’t give a fuck, and wanted to do what I wanted to do. Consequences? Meh. I was 18 when I got…
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Big A and The Suze
What were your parents doing at your age? I left for Colorado at 18 years old, with a back pack, a couple hundred bucks and attitude to spare. Flipping the middle finger as I walked out the door. After a few years in Vail, suffering through a perfect storm of self-inflicted emotional turmoil and humiliation;…
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Selfies with Rainbows
If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why? Let us defy the law of gravity. Not enough to mess things up, just enough to be whimsical. Imagine bouncing along to work on trampoline sidewalks, with only ankle weights to keep you from floating away. Instead of diving into…
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Home
Write about your dream home. My youngest son sits in our velvet swivel chair, staring out the living room window. Damp shower towel around his waist. Picking at his wrinkly toes. They are not a baby’s toes, but not yet gross like a teenaged boy’s, still kissable (at least when freshly showered). “Ok. Can you…
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DSDG
You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do? First. I will feel all the feelings. It’s what I do. Denial. That’s not possible. There must be a mistake. Skepticism. Of course there’s been a mistake. It’s probably a scam. Disbelief. Definitely a mistake. Things like this don’t happen to me.…
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I used to
Are there any activities or hobbies you’ve outgrown or lost interest in over time? I used to binge drink until I blacked out, several times a week. I used to use drugs I used fuck any guy that told me I was pretty I used to eat Taco Bell almost daily I used to smoke…
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Keep Your Shit Together
Do you need a break? From what? Gimme a break, gimme a break. Break me off a piece of that KitKat bar. First thing that came to mind seeing the prompt. Anyone else? Yes. I need a break. I’d take a KitKat but a break from my mind would be more constructive. A break from…
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Labor of Love
What’s your favorite thing to cook? I like baking pies or lasagna or slow braising lamb shanks. Recipes that take the whole day to make completely from scratch. Meals that make you proud of your efforts. Rolling out a pie crust or whisking a bechamel sauce might be tedious but throw on a jazz album,…
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Willing To Be Seen
What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it? The scariest thing for me to do would be to put my writing out in the world, past the safety and anonymity of Word Press. Most of my pieces read like journal entries, they kind of are…
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Mirrors and Escapes
What books do you want to read? There are two sorts of books I like to read. The type that sweep me up and away into the depths of their universe. That make me forget my own story. That make me forget the whole world, as I know it. Escaping from both interior and exterior…
little victories 