Tales from my head
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‘Can’t wait to see you and dad. Love you too! Bye-bye!’, Mia gently replaces the phone in its cradle, closes her eyes and takes a few deep breaths. It does not help, her mind is racing, outpacing her heartbeat. ‘Shit! Shit, shit, shit!’, she opens her eyes and sees her reflection in the hallway mirror,…
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Who lives at the center of the universe? Me! This is true for all of us. Close your eyes and plug your ears and everything disappears. I always wonder how others see the world. Is blue the same hue between me and you? What does cabbage do for you, and do we all hate broccoli…
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Stress is a strange thing. Something immediate like being attacked by a tiger does not cause stress, but triggers the fight or flight response. The stress comes later! As we go about our lives our resolve is stretched like a rubber band, further and further and the stress increases over time with every added challenge.…
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We are what we eat. Yeah. But we become what we think. Think well of yourself, count your blessings, do not compare yourself to others. Their opinions of you is none of your business, and we should cut others some slack. Life is tough and there is no manual, we learn by messing up and…
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The rain shower surprised everyone. It was the last few minutes of the fourth quarter in the annual football game between the cities of Gordonville and Richfield, and the score was tied. For the last few years Richfield has won every match, and tonight Gordonville is inside the twenty-five-yard line of their arch enemy, with…
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Cody had enough. He pats his back pocket to make sure the note is still there, then slips the noose he made out of an extension cord over his head. He sighs loudly, pulls the noose tight and relaxes his knees, hanging with his feet still touching the garage floor. Soon he loses consciousness and…
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Ray loves food, especially fast food. Not Mickey D’s or Wendy’s or any of those restaurants, but real fast food that comes from a truck. He tells this joke to everyone, sometimes more than once in the same conversation. Ray is one of god’s children, another of his sayings learned from gramma Orb. When Ray…
Tales from my head 