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Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with disABILITY WRITERS GROUP  
Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
I can definitely relate, Roxanna!

Sometimes you just can't resist putting your work plans or needs aside to attend your "clickin' addiction" lists. Though I don't have a boss, except our Lord, to answer to, there are times when I start out to do one thing on the laptop only to become distracted from that goal by seeing something interesting on my home page that entices my curiosity into checkin' it out, which either delays my original intentions or prompts further distractions that cause me to decide to set aside what I was going to do until later because I wasted too much time "clickin' around" and now needed to get off the laptop to do other important things.

Great poem about this problem, Roxanna!

Steve
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Review of Weather Cat  
Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with Talk Place Group Forum  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Roxanna!

What an amazing cat the Lord has blessed you with! And what a great, humorous poem you've created based on Mariah's storm sensibilities! Loved reading every line!

Isn't it a joy from the Lord to learn how much more sensitive they are than we are about some things and having those sensitivities be of benefit to us? On one of my favorite modern classic doctor TV series, ROYAL PAINS (which I enjoy watching reruns of on Netflix), there was an episode where a little terrier dog was able to sense when his owner's sugar levels from his diabetes were a threat to him and bark and let the owner know that he needed to do what diabetics do when that happens before it's too late to help himself. What a gift from God loving service animals like these are to those who are physically-challenged in whatever way they are!

Steve
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Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Rhychus!

Really enjoyed reading "The Christmas Tree",
Seeing how you shaped it joyfully
Into a form that filled my heart with glee
A form so familiar and dear to me.

Thank you, Rhychus, for the pleasure
Of reading a poem I'll remember and treasure;
As Christmases present and future unfold,
A memory of your poem will join all I behold!

Great job, Rhychus!

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Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Bubblegum!

Thank you so much for writing this article which clarifies how the use of "Xmas" started being used by those who didn't believe in the truth about God, His Son, our Lord and Savior, and why Christmas is a special time of celebration of the birth of Jesus in human form to live a holy, perfect life and pay the necessary price for our individual, inherited sin natures for us, dying and rising from the dead to conquer sin, hell, and death for us that we might be freed from knowing each through our faith alone in Him, by God's loving grace. I had often wondered about how the use of "Xmas" had begun, suspecting that it had begun as you reveal in this article. It's sad that so many people since those beginning days of its use, have been using it instead of the full word "Christmas", unaware of, or not caring, that they are doing something that is offensive, heartbreaking to their Creators (the Father, Son and Holy Spirit) and sinfully wrong!

A great job, Bubblegum! And thank you again for the enlightenment!
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Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Deb!

I LOVE HORSES and all of God's animal creations, too! And I love, love, LOVE this Christmas memory you wrote to share a part of your heart and loving life experiences with me and others! What a beautiful expression of caring and sharing God's love with those He has brought as gifts into your life! I was so touched and blessed to rejoice with you as you tenderly conveyed the events of your Christmas memory with joy and thanksgiving. GREAT JOB, DEB!!!
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Review of Book of Life  
Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Katie!

How true, how true, every observation your poem so astutely makes! I love to read biographies of famous people, enjoying the reflecting back upon their lives with them, as they reveal the various events of the chapters in their personal "book of life". Your poem reminded me of this love of mine and how much fun it is to learn about others and how events, good and bad, happy and sad, have shaped and formed their personalities and characters. Thanks for this reminder, Katie. Great job!

Steve
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Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with Talk Place Group Forum  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Leo!

A forest can indeed be a wonderful, peaceful, quiet place to escape to for awhile to embrace its God-given beauty and reflect upon your life and the ways of the world you've temporarily escaped from; to consider your feelings and desires for the world to become a better place, as every believer in God's family of believers knows one day it will, after all the necessary events shared in God's loving Word have taken place and it's at last time for the creation of His new heavens and earth, where everyone who has been saved by their God-given faith in their Savior, Jesus Christ, will be blessed to enjoy love and peace and perfection forever, with no more possibilities of that being thwarted by the sin nature that used to thwart them after Adam and Eve brought that sin nature upon themselves and all of us after them, as well as, it affecting, in its degrees, all of Creation. Your "Forest Introspection", Leo, echoes the longings every Christian shares for this coming time that we know we'll see and rejoice in when it has arrived. Great job, Leo!!!


Steve
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Review of Free  
Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Willow!

Loved your quick short story about the freedom your cat enjoys everyday, the special freedom we know cats are blessed to experience in our lives. Reminded me of my friend Rose's cat, "Puddy", an affectionate but very independent calico male who spends his days mostly sleeping in various venues around his environment, when he's not running from window to window to keep intent eyes on any flock of birds that happen to alight in the yard. "The Pud" also loves to curl up on Rose's belly and nap while she's either doing the same or working on projects on her laptop or watching TV. Cats are precious to our hearts and you captured perfectly one of the reasons we so love them, Willow! Great job!!!

Steve
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Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Celticsnow!

Enjoyed reading your poem about the fading of a memory as one gets older. I am older now too (71 and not counting), and I can relate to all of the observations your poem makes. Some memories remain clear as a bell, others not so, some even completely forgotten, until surprisingly rediscovered with the proper nudging from someone else's reminiscing with me about what we did.

Great job on this poem, Celticsnow! Thank you for writing and sharing it.
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Review of TIME  
Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Angus!

Enjoyed reading your short "flash fiction" story. It was very moving and encapsulating of one moment in time reflected in the heart of its main character, the old Indian squaw. I loved the way you wove her heart-breaking experience into a healing by time conclusion. This short "flash fiction" contains the seeds for a longer story, detailing what lead up to your heroine's heartbreak and how her heart was healed in time through other, kinder experiences happening to her.

Great job, Angus!

Steve
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Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with Talk Place Group Forum  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Tess!

What a joyous, exhilarating expression of a heart and spirit filled with new life and enduring love your poem is! All of the emotions the Lord has evoked inside you pour out jubilantly line after line, inviting and compelling your readers to join you in sweet and thankful celebration.

Great job, Tess!
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Review of A Bride for Brian  
Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Sarah!

You know how much I love your Dr. Quinn fanfiction stories. This was another very special one among your growing collection. You know it needs work on how many times you write about Brian, Ruth, and other characters "smiling" and "blushing" in the storyline, being more inventive in describing in other words those "smiling" and "blushing" moments they are experiencing. And, of course, coming up with alternative words for "he said" and "she said", so not so many of these reply words are repeated after each other. These are only grammar improvements you need to make to enhance your otherwise beautiful, heart-touching storyline. It's such a well thought out and developed new relationship plot, Sarah, with funny humorous moments added that all fans of Dr. Quinn and her children's ongoing saga can relate to from seeing and enjoying the experiences her family has had in the episodes of the series. I loved how you brought the title of your story into its ending scene, Sarah, too! Great job, my talented niece!!!

Your Uncle, Steve
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Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Angel!

WOW! You have a very observant eye, with a creative imagination to match! It would be fun for you, I know, to develop a fictional short story based on your imagined reasoning for why that little room is devoid of its recent occupants, where they are and whether something connected to that house with the red door seen outside from the room's left window has anything to do with it. I really enjoyed reading SLEEPING ON A SATURDAY because of your gift for descriptive observation and imaginative possibilities. Great job, Angel!!!!

Steve
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Review of Deer Hearts  
Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Crissy!

Awwwwwwwwww! What a beautiful poem DEER HEARTS is! I love it! Have you seen the scenario you describe in real life, or just in the movies and your imagination? Whatever the case may be, your creative poetic description of your poem's subject matter allowed my heart to beat as one with your heart and the deers' hearts and feel all of the animal emotions they were feeling. Thank you for this wonderful gift. Great job, Crissy!!!
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Review of Love's Blossom  
Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Tess!

I'm looking forward to Winter moving on and the arrival of Spring once again here in Ohio. Your beautiful poem reminds me of how wonderful it will be to embrace the joys of Spring and Summer.

Great job, Tess!
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Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Tess!

Enjoyed reading this heartfelt memory about your Mom. It touches every reader's heart, reminding them of how precious a gift from God a Mom can be in their lives, whether their Mom is still around, or has gone to be with the Lord like ours have. My Mom went to be with the Lord after slowly dying from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (which a type of cancer) back in January of 2001. Like your Mom, my Mom was always there for me as I went through all of the experiences I went through after getting "young people's arthritis" in 1963 at age 16. And when I became and adult and got my first apartment as a physically-challenged bachelor, we talked on the phone regularly, as well as still going out together on rides around Ohio and eating and talking about things in our lives at restaurants we stopped at. We had a close relationship and loved each other dearly. And when it was time for her to go to be with the Lord, I stayed with her in her room at the nursing home she was in, talking to her and loving her to pieces! She had become childlike in her mind because of the cancer's eating away inside her brain, not like the woman I knew for all the years of my life up to then, which was sad, but I knew that would only be temporary, and she'd be back to her "old, normal self" in Heaven, as she enjoyed being with the Lord there, doing the things all God's children do there, as they wait for their saved loved ones to join them. I miss hearing her voice on the phone and in person too, Tess, and treasure the memories of all the things we enjoyed doing together as Mother and son, through the "good times and the bad times". And I'm looking forward to all "the good times" waiting for us to share when we're reunited in Heaven and in "the new heavens and new earth" when it's time for that!

You did another GREAT JOB in writing this non-fiction family memory story, Tess! It just needs punctuation corrections in some places.
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Review of Entwined  
Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi again, Teresa!

You write such beautiful love poems!!! This one soooooooo reminds me of doing and feeling all the things with a loved one that this poem is about, and I MISS so much!!! These are the feelings the main characters have for each other in THE NURTURING PLACE storylines I'm working on, as well as, other storylines of other romance stories I plan to write and share.

LOVE THIS LOVE POEM, Teresa!!! Great, GREAT job!!!
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Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Teresa!

WOW!!! What a beautiful, romantic, and funny poem! You made me laugh with it, as you intentioned!

I've never walked along a beach barefoot with a gal, but I would LOVE to someday! I have to be careful walking in the sand and surf barefoot with my crutches, but I HAVE done that before when I was younger, in my 30s. My one grandma's sister and her husband used to have a summer vacation house in Dunedin, Florida, in the 70s. I visited with them there one spring in 1975, and Dunedin being on the western coastline of Florida, it has a beach to walk barefoot on. I enjoyed visiting that beach several times with them, dipping my bare toes in the sand and surf! What BAREFOOT FUN!!! But what I look forward to the MOST now, is being able to GO BAREFOOT on the beaches of this earth with a body like Jesus' body, WITHOUT crutches, after we come back with Him for the thousand year reign period when He and we do the reigning things we do here, before the final battle of Armageddon that has to take place and the new heavens and earth are created for all who will live THERE, enjoying going barefoot on the beaches and in the rivers and streams and wading pools that are a part of our living forever fun activities there!!! Also, I'll be able to enjoy horseback riding and other types of riding again! I imagine we'll have bikes and other types of vehicles there without pollution problems, besides walking around everywhere we go. Anyway, these are some of the thoughts this poem has brought to my mind. Its storyline would make a GREAT funny short story too, Teresa.

Great job!!!
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Review of Finding Grace  
Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with Talk Place Group Forum  
Rated: E | (5.0)
WOW!!! and DOUBLE WOW!!!, K.M.!

You are on a ROLL with wonderful, enthralling, inspiring short stories here! Love how naturally you present the situations your characters experience. It's a JOY to experience the ups and downs of their lives, as well as, their faithful relationship with God with them. This is also another story I so easily relate to, having gone through similar situations and emotions with women I have loved and had to deal with the changing feelings of their love for me.

I'm looking forward to reading more well-written, encouraging, and inspiring short stories from you as you fill you portfolio with them and other writings! Another great, GREAT job, K.M.!!!
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Review of Becky  
Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with Talk Place Group Forum  
Rated: E | (5.0)
WOW! What an uplifting, encouraging, and inspiring short story, K.M.! And so true, emotionally, for many of God's children. I can relate so well to "Becky's" situation because of my own physical challenges, which include degrees of physical deformity that developed in my body over the years as a result of the "young people's arthritis" that my body developed when I was 16 years old. I know God sees ME as BEAUTIFUL too, even though many others haven't in my life, causing suffering through times of heartbreak and rejection, just like "Becky" experienced it. I look forward to the time that everyone will have beautiful, sin-nature free, gloried, perfect new, immortal bodies like our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ's, transformed human body.

Great, GREAT job on this short story, K.M.!!!
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Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Teresa!

You know I love horses too! And this is a beautiful signature of one. I'd like to start putting together a folder for signature images too. But I'm confused on how and where you go to choose images to purchase for signatures. I've never tried to do that before here. But I see a lot of the other writers here have their own signature images to use. I read somewhere here that you can buy those signature images with a certain number of gift points. How exactly does that work, Teresa? Right now, I have 38,000 gift points to use for whatever I choose to use them for. I haven't used gift points to buy anything yet, just for giving them as gifts to other writers when I write a review of their work. Please let me know how you got all your signature images. Thank you, Teresa!
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Review of My third arm  
Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with Talk Place Group Forum  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Lola!

Having three real arms might take some getting used to, but it's true we could all use more hands, we think, sometimes, to get things done. So ... you've come up with a great little theme for a unique poem and I enjoyed reading it and noting how true its premise is. Even though, in reality, we don't have three real arms and hands, it's a blessing to have the real arms and hands of others to help us when we need their help, serving God in helping us, as we serve God in helping them when they need our help and we are able to help them.

Great job, Lola!

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Review of Eyes  
Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with The Newbies Academy Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Sonya!

WOW! Right on! I hadn't thought of these truths before, so what a delight to discover this poem of yours in the Read A Newbie reading choices. You see all of these things happening in the eyes of characters in movies and TV series episodes, as well as, remembering feeling them in real life, having silent, emotion-filled conversations with a loved one with your eyes.

Great job, Sonya!
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Review of Here to stay  
Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Roy!

A great poem about true love that says it all! I really enjoyed reading it, Roy. You know from reading my Word Search Puzzle intros that I love rhyming sentences. Your rhyming sentences in this love poem were fun to read and made me think this poem could also be developed into song lyrics if you decided to do so. They make me think of song lyrics I and others have written.

Great job, Roy!
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Review by Steve McLean
In affiliation with WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group  
Rated: E | (5.0)
Hi, Klazer!

I can relate to the musings of your heart in this poetic wondering. Most of us have been in such a relationship, such a love situation in our lives, where the prompting of this eternal question won't give us peace until we've been shown in a definite, unequivocal exposition that the answer to our uncertainty is yes ... yes, yes, YES! by the continued demonstration of everything loving our most precious loved one does for us to show us the depth of the love in their heart for us is real and lasting and not just a temporary, sweet but fragile, infatuation.

Great job, Klazer, on addressing this subject in your own unique poetic style!
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