The C Word

Original publishings | poems | truths.

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Big day! 📖 #childrensauthors #childrensbooks #publishinghouse #publishinggoals #wishmeluck #ohpleasepleaseplease https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxco0a-A_Xm/?igshid=1gpgl5za3b5up

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❤️photo by @cubemelt #happymothersday #mothersday #diadelasmadres #cubemelt #cubemeltfanart https://www.instagram.com/p/BxXbm6_nXhk/?igshid=1480arw6kmlw4

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Just a beautiful #nofilter tiger lily blooming so happily in my garden today 🌸 #tigerlily #lily #flowergardensofinstagram #springblooms #garden #greenthumb #theresmorewherethatcamefrom https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw29ERaAV4B/?igshid=1iodaiol8pd8l

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Drafting up the old manuscript before researching publishing options. #selfpublish vs #publishinghouse. So far I’m leaning toward publishing house. Suggestions? - - - - #childrensauthors #bookmanuscripts #houstonauthor #texaswriter #texasauthor #authormom #childrensstories #childrensbook #latinrepresentation #latinawriters #writerscommunity #bookloversunite #latingirlmagic #inspired #dowhatmakesyouwhole #cqwrites https://www.instagram.com/p/BwsGnpnnHhl/?igshid=jc228m0b7ore

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Stars and Dust in the Center of Carina

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Ties in with my poem Carina. Love it!

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Carina

Like the minute embers from a dying flame

She gasped for air to feed her soul

Yearning to shine

Brighter

Deeper

Hotter than the stars of Carina

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It’s 3 am and I’m lying awake, wondering if I’m making the right choice for a dining table.

This is life in my 30’s....

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This lovely Wisteria gave me life today

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Beauty can be found even on the side of the highway 💐Today was my first time seeing bluebonnets up close. And it was marvelous. 💙 (at Crockett, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvpEfH5FBeo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rr3a4vh2ybcs

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Doing more for me

My son and I spent the evening eating some tasty loquats we stumbled upon on our evening run. They were growing on this massive tree in front of a large abandoned mid-century split level. There was something so refreshing in seeing this bright tree covered in ripe fruits in front of this old house. Weeds surrounded the front yard- there were more dandelions than grass. But there it was- this giant loquat tree, completely bejeweled with bright orange treats 🥰

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Where does empathy end and intervention begin?

A continuing conversation about the stigma surrounding mental illness and the obscure line drawn before insanity. 

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Enough.

And just like that she was done

Done with the aggravation

Done with the instigation

Done with the degradation

Disintegration

Manipulation

Just like that she was done.

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[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“She became an independent, forgetful little soul, loving from her own centre.”

— D. H. Lawrence, from The Complete Works; “The Rainbow,” wr. c. 1919

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A Letter to Working Moms

To the mom who feels like she failed at everything today- I see you, You are amazing. Original content published March 25th, 2019 on Medium.

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Escaping Narcissistic Friendships

Identifying and understanding the subtleties of narcissistic friendships and finding the strength to leave them. Original content published March 7, 2019 on Medium