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Rated: 18+ · Book · Comedy · #2161749
Just shooting the poop with Lori
He travels the world on the backs of others
Insignificant in his stature and size
His journey carries no mission
Randomly roaming at the will of his host
Sated enough to never question his trek
Life is an open adventure without worry
If the excitement of his dusty trail dulls
Another bus awaits to grant passage
With a furry friend to carry him home
Ah the wonderful life of a flea
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July 9, 2021 at 8:58pm
July 9, 2021 at 8:58pm
#1013367
Feeling hunky dory today! Got my crushed vehicle back and won two writing contests on wdc. I was really having a hard time getting into writing during the Pandemic because of the exhaustion of hospital life and isolation stress. It feels good to put decent thoughts on paper again. There is also something to be said about personal time without others around asking for food and tv choices for binge watching.It is so strange with things getting back to normal. I end up stripping my bra off outdoors in public instead of my mask. (haha) Just glad there is life after the chaos.
July 8, 2021 at 6:29pm
July 8, 2021 at 6:29pm
#1013313
My attempt to shed light on the mental health issues of so many people.

Kaleidoscope

Just can’t explain it
To those looking in
My kaleidoscope lens
Pattern the days of my life
where nothing makes sense
And what I hold dear
Becomes a jumble of fear
disconnected pieces of me
Where nothing seems real
And nothing seems good
With even words misunderstood


On these days I need a magic spell
SO, milky beads and muster seeds
Bring me through these dreadful weeds
Transport me far from mind-filled horrors
Carry me through dangerous floodwaters
Humpty Dumpty put my pieces together
I beg you please, hang on tight forever and ever



So hard to describe
Dismal feelings inside
No one can see,
Jig-sawed fragments
Of misaligned planets
A Kaleidoscope lens
like a piccolo out of tune
dance of the endless blue moon
Playing havoc in my head
With worried thoughts to fuel my dread
Can’t shake this song of mental woes
Emotions battled unopposed

On these days I need a magic spell
SO, milky beads and muster seeds
Bring me through these dreadful weeds
Transport me far from mind-filled horrors
Carry me through dangerous floodwaters
Humpty Dumpty put my pieces together
I beg you please, hang on tight forever and ever

July 5, 2021 at 2:24pm
July 5, 2021 at 2:24pm
#1013105
Happy 5th of July! Haha...Got you. Seriously, the holiday was over before I knew I was enjoying it. Working every other night all week has left me a bit dizzy. I was actually off for the fourth, but was pretty tired. I did get to enjoy bar-b-que, family, and fireworks, just in small increments. This is one of my favorite holidays. I love playing outdoor games and being around loved ones. Everyone is so eager about their summer plans and this year it seems as if everyone was just caught up in being able to be together again. You know what they say...you don't miss it until it is gone. COVID taught us that lesson well.
I was caught remembering the 4ths when my kids were little. Our entire family loved fireworks, so it was a tradition to hike to the nearest show. However, my daughter absolutely hated them since 6 months old. She would scream and cry the entire time until the age of ten.There were a few years one of us just stayed at home with her. We tried headphones, earplugs,music in the car, and any other option. She always wanted to go to the park when we went and would beg to go. But she would crouch in fear and pain when the fireworks started, leaving me to feel like the worst parent on earth and ducking the crowd to get her home. The funny part is our dogs have never been overly sensitive to the noise of the booms or the bright lights. This child has incredibly intense hearing and it was always the noise that hurt her ears. Well she is an adult now and still hates fireworks. She is also an incredible vocalist and musician. I somehow think the two are related, because she can hear a June bug buzzing from 100 paces or pick out a musical note from any sonata. This kid could tell which parent was walking in the door first by the way we rattled our keys. She knows which car I am in by the sound of the blinker if I am on the phone with her.There was never any sneaking Christmas presents in the door if she were home, one of us had to take her somewhere else before we could bring them in. And no last minute wrapping was done at our house because she could hear the paper crinkling and the scissors snipping. They were frustrating times but great times. Learning to outwit your children is an important tool for all parents.
July 1, 2021 at 7:54pm
July 1, 2021 at 7:54pm
#1012875
STATIC
Identity  (E)
The reason for soul searching
#2253667 by L.A. Grawitch
June 27, 2021 at 1:29pm
June 27, 2021 at 1:29pm
#1012609
The college graduation party for my daughter was yesterday. It was so good getting to see people together. We laughed, we cried,ate, drank, and played all the outdoor games put on hold for so long. It did goodness for my soul. If I ever forget how much family and friends mean to me lightening should strike me down. It was a great day with intense storms predicted but we were home and unpacked by the time weather was unleashed. I do have to question the weirdness of a tree branch falling at the park when I stood up. Trees are not my friend these days. Last week a branch squished my car and we are still dealing with the fallout from that Again, no one was hurt and I am thankful but a bit spooked. Love life, live life, and enjoy the moments.
June 22, 2021 at 3:47pm
June 22, 2021 at 3:47pm
#1012348
Well, if the news were good, life would be easier. My cute little car was taken out by a limb. Looks like insurance is totaling my car and it breaks my heart.I would much rather have it fixed. It was the mirror, windshield, and roof. So very sad. Again still happy no one was hurt, but honestly I loved that car.
June 21, 2021 at 8:24am
June 21, 2021 at 8:24am
#1012260
STATIC
Strength for Megan   (E)
Strength can be found even when we stop looking for it.
#2252803 by L.A. Grawitch
June 18, 2021 at 5:52pm
June 18, 2021 at 5:52pm
#1012111


With full disclosure in mind, I will tell you that I am fully vaccinated, but this was a personal choice. It was a choice that I was allowed to make based on my circumstances and my concerns. It was my choice alone and I refuse to wag my finger at those that chose differently. The pandemic is an unprecedented event in our history, and the media has caused the politics of all parts of this last year and a half to pit one person against the other. They managed to make even the mask, a simple piece of cloth, the topic of heated debates.

But the exciting news is that we have survived and we have endured. There is light at the end of the tunnel. We have accomplished this by working together as medical professionals. We were a team and we worked diligently to meet the needs of our patients. And there was tremendous loss along the way, with each of us knowing at least one person who lost the fight or whose life was altered forever. . So it makes no sense to me to begin pitting our staff against one another with mandatory vaccinations. These are the same people that were hailed as heroes’ a few months ago. And to now threaten their livelihood is atrocious.

There are questions still remaining about the injections, as to the long term effects. They are new and they are experimental. People of child-bearing age, the main entity of our workforce, are worried about fertility. There are guidelines even for certain meds that we nurses dispense to our patients that cause the same concern and special precautions must be used. There are people with medical conditions, such as auto-immune or genetic deficiencies that carry concerns. There are people battling cancer while still attempting to work for the much needed insurance anxious about the shot. The thought of adding more foreign medications to their system fills them with dread. Yet now we are demanding that they inject themselves for some greater good that the media is touting. These are still the same people that showed up at the hour of our desperation.

I was given a choice, but I believe my co-workers deserve the same consideration. Mandating for the sake of panic and hysteria is a grave mistake. We all witnessed what it has done to our society. Making rules just because the media makes it trendy throws away the very compassion we hospital workers have always embraced.

It scares me as to the number of people that we will loose over this issue. A voice of reason is needed now more than ever. I have worked side by side with some of these people and can attest to the commitment and empathy they possess. I lived through the short-staffing of the pandemic and this will in no way compare. Colleagues that I have trusted with my life and those of our patients will be lost. I beg you to reconsider this mandate.

In a few years, when we have the full knowledge of the injectables and fallout from this era in history, people will become more comfortable. The flu vaccine is the prime example and we were not rushed into the decision. Science and time played a role in helping to make the choice. Fifty plus years of history stands behind the flu vaccine versus two years of hyped-up propaganda and fear tactics. Chronicles of the COVID vaccine’s efficacy and long term side effects are short-lived. People deserve a bit more history to base the personal decision upon and the high price of mandating our staff is too exorbitant.

They are still masking and still showing up to do the job that is asked of them, but the very organization we have aided seems to be attacking. Our heroes’ of 2020 are still heroes and are asking for better treatment from the hospitals that we serve.


Sincerely,
.

Long term employee and Concerned Staff Member

June 15, 2021 at 10:28am
June 15, 2021 at 10:28am
#1011911
Doom, or the sense of black clouds overhead, paralyzes. It is stifling to the whole life process and hard to shed the wariness that ensues. Predicting future calamity is impossible, but mayhem seems to travel in six packs. When one event occurs, human nature casts a net of suspicion. You tend to become immobile in deed and action. It becomes a gnawing fear that calls you to the edge of disaster. Currently, I reside in this tread wary land. The event that brought about my nervous tics was unexpected. As we ate our dinner, the doorbell rang and the words that flew from my daughters mouth were, "Oh my God,mom your car!"

I jumped from my seat to find my cute little jeep had been crushed by a fallen tree limb. The sweet little mirror laid in the street winking at me. The crushed roof mockingly mooned me and the broken glass of the windshield cut me to the core. It is just a car and no one was hurt in the smashing of my little "OY VEY" (name for my car). But I tell you that it is the first new car that I have ever owned and I loved him like a family pet.

A side story that revolves around the current car is that the one that preceded this vehicle was killed 24 hours after I got it. I drove it to work and on the way back home a woman ran a red light and smashed in to me. I was unhurt but the car was totaled and of course she had no insurance. That was a nightmare for the books, but again no one was injured and my mind centered around the blessing portion of the event. But after each occurrence the soul becomes hyper-vigilant.
June 8, 2021 at 5:09pm
June 8, 2021 at 5:09pm
#1011512
Happy Tuesday! Be sure to sniff a flower!

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