Category Archives: raw

Hypocritical confessional

Today I realized that I am hypocritical.  I know that doesn’t surprise many of you I’ve had an extended dialogue about dating that has been going on for months now.  Literally months.  I keep talking about how dating is good…how … Continue reading

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Self editing

Work is a huge struggle right now.  I feel trapped.  I feel like I’m suffocating.  I am torn in half.  I love my job—it’s the “stuff” that is going along with it that I can not take.  My department is … Continue reading

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Pillars/Backbone/Superglue

Last night I was talking to one of my friends who is chasing her dream out in California.  She’s made some of the toughest decisions of anyone I know to get out there and stick it out.  To say that … Continue reading

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I should take my own advice

Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend who is living out her dream…I mean the kind of dream that you have when you are eight years old.  She was trying so hard to explain to me everything–the emotions, the … Continue reading

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Quickly…suddenly

So, I don’t know if anyone read my post from earlier asking for prayer.  Irregardless, something happened today.  Suddenly I found myself…breathing normally. I also had a conversation with a friend today that I’ve not spoken with in a while.  … Continue reading

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Frustration

I would really relish prayer right now.  I am completely frustrated on so many levels that it would take 500 pages to get through it all. I know that I have a responsibility to pray as well.  This morning I … Continue reading

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What can you do anyway?

I’ve been trying to come up with a plan lately.  A plan of attack.  A plan of what comes next.  I’ve been talking to my friends about these things, and I’ve been asked the same question in several different ways … Continue reading

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Long time, no blog

I find myself spending more and more time in Philadelphia.  On my personal time.  I am having a good time.  I am living the “single life” for the first time in my life.  This past Saturday, for example, I found … Continue reading

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I dreamed a dream…

The thing that I love about blogging is that I feel somewhat free to express myself.  What I love more is that over the past year or so, I’ve made some friends through this technology.  When I have an off … Continue reading

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Funny how fiction speaks to the heart

Hello.  My name is Deneen and I have two secret addictions.  One of my addictions is tanning.  Anyone who knows my pasty self will laugh at this addiction.  Loudly.  But alas, there is something soothing about the seven minutes of … Continue reading

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