Author: Garnetjewel
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Writing Prompt
Performing no matter how many times still makes me nervous. Although, I have learned the butterfly in my stomach also helps me to hopefully not make mistakes. Sometimes I have had to roll with the punches, my last performance I was singing and then playing a verse with my clarinet last Thanksgiving. I have not…
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A Bible Story Come To Life
How do you know when you have found the right Special Someone? My Mr. Right, has always, in my mind, been someone who could have some of the special traits that characterize my Dad and both of my Grandpa’s. No your eyes are not deceiving you. This copy of this picture from a blown up…
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Be the Salt
Not everything around us is complete doom and gloom. The new 118th Congress has made accountability very refreshing. Besides the 20 Republican Congressmen and women made their indelible mark of the year revelations have been consistent. The investigations have been wonderfully unveiling of issues that have literally been thrown to the bottom of the list…
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Writing Prompt
Well there is more than one answer to this. The answer that comes to my mind first is taking a nice long bath. Sometimes a nice steaming tub with Epson salt or bubbles and a good book to read calms me down. Me time or whatever it’s called also helps me to refocus, reading in…
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Sunday Night Thoughts
I think the coolness of the morning seeped into my bones. I had every intention of being at church all day today. I even wore a dress I hadn’t worn for quite a while feeling good about it. So what went wrong? By the way I still feel weird about selfies. I get very self-conscious…
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Writing Prompt
Well social media is a bit of love, dislike, family, friends, obsession, information and the ability to get messages out really quickly. I use it as little as possible for when it’s most useful to do so. Depending on which social media apps, I do gain useful conservative information from most of my accounts. To…
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Writing Prompt
My thoughts have been directed towards all of the women’s issues that have been degrading. As a woman it is very concerning that a perception that is quite disreputable is allowing women’s rights and security to disappear. I can think of a number of women from the Bible and their strengths that God used for…
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Relationship Milestones
Today is an Anniversary of sorts. My boyfriend sent a message to me exactly a week prior. Two years ago today, I replied to his Hello. I remember how uncertain I was about this guy. For about two days I waited to see if he would take it back or get tired of waiting for…
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Camelot Returns In 2024?
Do you remember Camelot? No, not the King Arthur and Guinevere Camelot. I am referring to the American version of Camelot. Jacqueline Kennedy either had an epiphany about or just had a female intuition about needing her husband’s mark imprinted on his Country. The Camelot myth or legendary experience of the Kennedy Presidency is very…
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Writing Prompt
This question is a good one. I can think of a couple answers. I worked in the Admissions Office at College as the switchboard operator. I remember different people came in and out of these offices all the time. I got a phone call from Iraq and he wanted to be sent to the College…
Jewells of Thought 