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Comfort and Tears

Today has been a productive day full of successful completions as I near the end of my Fall 2010 Semester at SLCC. It’s “Finals Weekend” and I’ve been buried under […]

December 10, 2010 AKMPhoenix

Breathing

As I move my e-life into one space, I realize how long I’ve been present on the web and that I’ve been absent for quite some time. I’m seeing that […]

November 15, 2010 AKMPhoenix

Appreciation for 02/24/10

  *My daughter’s gentle loving way she came in while I was sitting in front of my laptop and placed her most prized possession – Yellow Eyes – in my […]

February 24, 2010 AKMPhoenix

Christmas Shoes and A Glimpse of Tenderness

http://muzicons.com/musicon3.swf Press play for a special treat! Ha! One of my most all time hated songs is, “The Christmas Shoes” by NewSong. When the story behind this song first was […]

December 24, 2008 AKMPhoenix

Slow Moving

It’s Christmas Eve. Yesterday, Christmas Eve Eve, was spent mostly with my former husband, chaperoning him as he did Santa shopping for our daughter. While it was tiring and slow-going, […]

December 24, 2008 AKMPhoenix

AAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh…

“He’s in jail,” his wife told me. I wasn’t sure how I wanted to respond. I felt anger, sadness and fear all at once. My former husband was in jail […]

June 23, 2008 AKMPhoenix

Ah-ha!

Soooo… after my heart-rending conversation last night, I went to Life Skills in a fairly vulnerable and emotionally raw state. At one point, I was crying so hard I was […]

June 18, 2008 AKMPhoenix

Hard to Swallow…

“The whole reason I’m married to her,” he said, completely oblivious to the knife he was slamming through my gut and heart, “is because she had the balls to make […]

June 17, 2008 AKMPhoenix

Opened and Closed

It occured to me this afternoon, as I drove down the road in a state of such writhing anger, that these days I am operating completely in persona when dealing […]

June 3, 2008 AKMPhoenix

Sorry Sor-ry sor-RY!

When is enough, enough? How many times can a person hear the word “sorry” before it begins to mean nothing? If you say it enough times it sounds weird. Try […]

April 1, 2008 AKMPhoenix

Slipping Out

My sixteenth year was a big year. I got my driver’s license. I started working at a “real” job and found a new boyfriend. I also frequently wrestled with one […]

March 8, 2008 AKMPhoenix

Violently Domestic

I have posted a bit about the violence that has been erupting on the perimeters of my life and splattering in little, dripping globs about my feet. I have only […]

March 2, 2008 AKMPhoenix

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