Long has it been since I’ve felt super. Be it super Mom, Friend, Wife, or importantly Super Self. Trials and tests are hard and breaking. If we never shed our minds and souls the way lizards sh...
Over the last month I have learned: That being the bigger person isn’t always the right thing to do. That doing the right thing isn’t always the good thing. That if you forgive a liar wit...
Dear Aunt Flow, There is no other way to say this except bluntly. I hate you. I despise you so much I refuse to call you Aunt. Anyway, we aren’t even related. Don’t both with the “b...
Meet Sara. Also known as Sarabear. Also known as my bestie. Also known as my (pseudo) Sister. Because I love her so, I did this: My family took me to the airport at 5AM. I took my first steps in an a...
So last night, when most people are sleeping, I was tending baby. When baby went to sleep I decided to indulge my impulsive behaviors and color my hair! I threw together a poll and I got a few people...
Just answer the questions below. QUICKLY! Pick a Base color. Pick a Highlight color. We’ll see you on the flip side!! Chrystalyn Filed under: DailyIdeas, Poll Tagged: Base,...
Whoops it is Thursday again. I hardly recognized because my sinuses and allergies are raging. Seriously. I haven’t felt this bad in a couple years. I only know this because I have the vague mem...
I originally wrote this piece a year to the day. On Thursday, April 14, 2o11 my boys and myself were hunkered down in my Mimi’s closet with a Tornado in a town over and rotation a mile away. Sa...
Hello there! I’ve missed you! I have been incredibly busy this week. The Hubster and I are now on our way to being homeowners!!!! Happy Dance! So, as you can imagine this is taking up MOST of o...
The cacophony of music and applause rings throughout the theater. She stands with a smile and gracefully begins to glide to the stage. I’m a star. I am famous. I’m everyone’s favori...
In Tune “Thaneks fer beain so erm loyeawl in awl Ma’em.” He said with the red rising in his cheeks while trying to hide his toothless grin. He opened the antique Grand, pressed on a...
Meth or Death His legs, twigs compared to the athletic build he bore just a year before, lift him clumsily into the dark tub. Relentlessly they scream at him. Death reaches for him. He shoves the han...
I am competitive by nature. Competition brings out the best and worst in people. Writing competitions help us put our best work out there and also helps us realize the worst about our own skill. Such...
It’s been a long week at the Hope home. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday. Living with 4 boys under the age of 8 will always be eventful and tiring. That said being a parent is also hard, tirin...
The Residents My head ‘s spinning. The noise is loud and indistinguishable. I look around, confused. I see fiery brown flames, the sepia car smashed to bits, and tan people walking to help. I g...
“And when the day arrives I’ll become the sky and I’ll become the sea and the sea will come to kiss me for I am going home. Nothing can stop me now.” Trent Reznor (Click for m...
Reblogged from The Future of Hope: I think I finally figured out my 6 and a half-year old son. He isn’t Autistic. He is Vulcan. Okay, wait for the eye rolls and criticisms. I am not going to ge...
BIC He dragged her flailing body by her hair. She saw his scars proving his determination. At the sound of the lighter she fought. She smelled the singed hair and sulfur. She was burning. Chrystalyn ...
This weekend’s Trifextra Week Ten Writing Challenge: “Write a horror story in 33 words, without the words blood, scream, died, death, knife, gun, or kill. Good luck.” Here is my second entry: ...
This weekend’s Trifextra Challenge/ Competition: “Write a horror story in 33 words, without the words blood, scream, died, death, knife, gun, or kill. Good luck.” Mass The smell was...
here I am once more. Saturday night. Home. Nothing. No one. Another telling me how horrible I am. Another pushing my soul to deeper black. Hotter hell. Pain is burrowing further. Sorrow is becoming a...
Her demons dance on closed eyelids. The pain drives deep and deeper still. She bites her lip while her finger tips make the tiny blade twirl, teasing her fingertips. Such a lovely gift her grandmoth...
Dear Mother Nature, I love how complex your workings are. So much so that I have tried to teach my children that everything has its importance in life and death. With this being said, we prefer life....
Only one hundred more miles to go. She pressed on the gas just to go fast enough before the governor shut her down. Her long straight black hair frenzied as she rushed the wind. The blood was pooling...
To say I went on vacation would be a dream. With much ado I have worked harder in the last few weeks than I have since summer. Actually, summer is never that bad because it is SUMMER; h...
Sometimes talking to God is simply expressing yourself in the truest forms to anything or anyone listening. The words of spirituality and soul can be as simple as tears falling, a smile trying to bre...
Whispered Thoughts Unspoken In a world of bridges and burning where the war of water wages I am simply forgotten, mistaken a fool’s muse among ideologic sages * The speculation of divinity amon...
We have talked about how my Husby tries to entertain himself with antics of Humble Pie and with telemarketers. Well he also likes to interact with either television or radio shows that ask questions ...
I am done pleasing others. Never have I received such an audience. You all are very warm, welcoming, and accepting. I couldn’t ask for better readers. I am beyond grateful for the community of ...
Reblogged from The Dissemination of Thought: Today in The Dissemination (of Thought) Files, I interview Chrystalyn Hope, author of The Future of Hope. We’re going to discuss Scorsese, her Lass...
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