Tag: writings
member name: Monica Kennedy
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January 17, 2006 02:54 PM EST --
I sit on the edge of my bed in my dorm room, staring at the drawer where I keep my toiletries and medicine. I imagine what I can use from that drawer to kill myself. Tears stream down my cheeks as . . .
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January 03, 2006 05:05 AM EST --
I have a theory that to be a truly good writer, you have to have at least a little mental illness: it allows writers to see all the spectrums we write about. Many of the great writers of the past . . .
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January 10, 2006 10:38 PM EST --
Do you know your Myers-Briggs Personality Type? I am an ENFP. I learned this by taking a personality test administered by my therapist, but I have also taken some for free on the Internet. . . .
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February 01, 2006 09:03 PM EST --
This is in response to David L's challenge to write something with the two words "Bottled Promise." Here is my attempt!
I have a bottled promise
I keep it tied inside
because . . .
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February 09, 2006 10:25 PM EST --
sometimes I feel like a worthless gem
full of potential but flawed to no end
who wants the diamond with the spot
the ruby with a crack
the emerald with the white streak
who made the rules for what . . .
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December 04, 2005 12:40 AM EST --
Today is your wedding day. You are sitting in front of your vanity brushing your long blonde hair. You know that you should be happy but all you can think about are the recurring dreams.
In the . . .
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March 13, 2006 07:30 AM EST --
Nighttime. For some it is a peaceful time. A time to rest. A day of work and stress is over, and now a time for rest has finally arrived. There have been times in my life when night . . .
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December 02, 2005 06:22 PM EST --
I have suffered from mental illness all my life. I have what I have chosen to accept as a medically diagnosed illness called Bi-polar II. I can go for months or even years with no or . . .
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January 05, 2006 04:51 AM EST --
I sat in my private dorm room, feeling like a failure. It was supposed to be my last semester in college, the semester I had looked forward to – student teaching. No one understood why . . .
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February 09, 2007 06:53 AM EST --
I was inspired to re-publish this (edited) after reading Should Counselors Have to Use Empirically Supported Techniques in Treatment by Jacqueline Bethune. This is a very important issue in . . .
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June 11, 2007 12:15 PM EDT --
I have suffered from mental illness all my life. I have what I have chosen to accept as a medically diagnosed illness called Bi-polar II. I can go for months or even years with no or few problems, . . .
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January 18, 2006 06:37 AM EST --
I thought I would offer a commentary on the autobiographical story I posted yesterday, Making it Through the Night . You may want to go read it first and then come here to read my . . .
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February 16, 2006 01:47 PM EST --
This is a part of the Weekly Writing Challenge in this week's issue of The Fellowship Cafe. The topic is LOVE: In the Little Things. Feel free to participate if you would like. Here . . .
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February 20, 2006 01:40 PM EST --
I wrote this originally back in February of 2006 when Hannah Dreyma (long gone from Gather and deeply missed) issued the Two Word Challenge "Coddled Insanity." It may have been one of the first . . .
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April 07, 2006 09:18 AM EDT --
Constructive criticism is the process of offering valid and well-reasoned opinions about the work of others, usually involving both positive and negative comments, in a friendly manner rather than an oppositional . . .
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April 30, 2006 12:02 AM EDT --
Constructive criticism is the process of offering valid and well-reasoned opinions about the work of others, usually involving both positive and negative comments, in a friendly manner rather than an oppositional . . .
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March 07, 2006 02:13 PM EST --
sub-lime
adj.
1. Of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth.
2. Not to be excelled; supreme.
3. Inspiring awe; impressive.
a-ban-don
1. To . . .
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January 30, 2006 07:28 PM EST --
Yesterday my husband and I went to go see a new independent film called End of the Spear. This is a true story and is definitely worth going to see! Not only is the film breathtaking, but also . . .
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February 04, 2006 08:37 AM EST --
The Swartzenberg Girls: Paula (10), Pam (6), Monica (9 mos), and Mom (Doris, 35)
Ah, what an adorable family. Such precious little girls! So sweet. Innocent. Loving. Okay, . . .
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April 17, 2006 04:05 AM EDT --
adj. ineffable - defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable . . .
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