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…and Now That We’re Old, and Ready to Go…We Get to Thinkin’ What Happened a Long Time Ago…

June 30, 2024
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Personal Writings, Writings

The title of this piece comes from a line of a song that has always meant a lot to me, and I suppose I’m about to turn something completely on its head in transposed context. First, I want to acknowledge that there could be some reading who might feel some difficult feelings in reading parts of this piece, perhaps, especially if they were unable or were never given the opportunity to become a parent, or if they have lost a...

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Full Tilt Misogyny

March 20, 2023
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Audrey Hepburn remains an iconic figure whose image has been engraved in the minds of both earlier and later generations as exemplifying womanly beauty, stage presence, talent, style and an adorable mix of sweetness–with a pinch of edgy sass. One cannot look at her delicate frame, her sweet-demure gaze, her perfectly styled hair and edgy feminine attire (including her iconic white gloves) nor watch her dance without feeling some type of magnetism. She could easily be the subject of many...

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When All You Think About is Who Has Power: Deconstructionism and Intellectual Sleight-of-Hand

December 26, 2022
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

I am listening to a very good podcast and need to pass it along for those who share in the pursuit of truth, morality, faith, justice and a host of other things from a vantage point that embraces both the individual (in the best sense) and objective truth and is not grounded in destructive ideology that feigns moral and intellectual integrity. I am beginning to lament various amounts of my gravitation toward some of the popular, influential deconstructionist voices that...

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Glitter Moms, Sanctuary States and Irreparable Harm

December 17, 2022
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

In mid-April of this past year, a family member sent me a DM with a photo of my son and his partner, standing together and holding an ultrasound announcing they were to be the parents of twins. She even joked along the lines of “lol” is this April fools? I had already received the difficult news the day before from a sensitive, true and caring person in my life concerning the news that not only was I going to be...

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The Failed Divorce

November 24, 2022
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

“Divorce doesn’t fix anything. It just exchanges one set of problems for another.” ~ words of a dear friend spoken to me somewhere around the late 80’s or early 90’s The term failed marriage is routine, these days. But no one really speaks with any seeming clarity about the failed divorce beyond the immediate aftermath and point of bringing minor children to the legal age of adulthood. I really don’t know of many – if any – specific materials or...

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The One True God Who Sees (Job 7)

September 28, 2022
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Thoughts on the Book of Job, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Like every morning in the intensity of the entirety of my overall spiritual and personal battles – now going in full swing for what seems to be at least five years now but unidentifiable per se – I awake to spiritual, mental and emotional hedgehogs I must get past in order to even resume where I left off the previous day’s and last night’s pre-sleep-time evening battles… It is some form of Omaha Beach, every morning, simply to get to...

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Awakening in Ashes

September 14, 2022
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

This morning I count myself among the countless human beings that awake in ashes day-after-day-after-day, and continue in their unseen warzone. They awake to find themselves seemingly drafted and re-drafted day-after-day-after-day in some internal warzone that is well-grounded in external circumstances – and to some extent in the actions of other people. People watch from afar, yet only a few are able to bring us water like “good old grinnin’, gruntin’ Gunga Din…” Not that they wouldn’t bring us water...

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Names, Naming, YAHWEH and YAHWEH Children

August 10, 2022
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Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Awhile back a visiting guest had some fun giving my four cats “secret names.” After interacting with each cat, a quirky and fun name was assigned to each as the kitty’s “secret name” – different from that which each cat had already been named. This memory came into my mind last week and I started writing some thoughts in a draft here, and felt led to finish it up and refine/edit my initial thoughts, today. I will leave parts from...

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I Want This More Than Wanting to Hold My Grandbabies

August 3, 2022
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

This piece is really pretty simple. More than wanting to hold my grandbabies, I want to see the sweet, grown, sensitive, loving and kind beautiful face of my son, Jonathan, holding his children....

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The Work of Becoming a Woman

August 3, 2022
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

We often hear phrases like, “Be a man.” But I don’t think we as often hear, “Be a woman.” Or especially…keep becoming a man…or keep becoming a woman. This carries with it the idea of ever-evolving, transforming and growing into all that it means to be a man or to be a woman. And I find this very relatable. When we hear something like, “Be a man about this…or that…,” we seem to mostly understand what that means or implies....

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Eileen Slifer

I am a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums - producing fine art, illustration and design commissions/products for clients. I have been creating since childhood and sharing my giftings for hire since 1989. I also love to write and have been expressing in this way for a number of years in private poems, stories and journals that have been shared with treasured friends or publicly. Thank you for visiting my blog. I value the time and interest you spend on my expressions, and I read every comment.

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