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Getting Yourself Ready For The Challenges Of College
Being ready for college and actually going to college are two different things, and you’ve got to be prepared to survive all on your own. So now’s the time to really ask yourself this question.
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Are you Ready for Retirement?
As a woman of a certain age, in my fabulous 50's, I am concerned about retirement. I have worked and raised four children living mostly paycheck to paycheck and have nothing saved. Taking steps to take control of your retirement planning could have a positive impact in many areas of your life. Start today with this...
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#BannedBooksWeek Celebrating the Freedom to Read
Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. While books have been and continue to be banned, part of the Banned Books Week celebration is the fact that, in a majority of cases, the books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read.Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. ALA Here is a video from the ALA that lists the top challenged…
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What I Liked in July
Hello, August! It’s time to share my favorites from Instagram for July. It’s is hard to pick just a few so, for July I focused more on the photograph than on the subject. These are spectacular photographs that remind you of something you would see in a book, magazine, or a museum. Be sure to show these accounts some love and follow them too if you are so inclined. You are following me, right? If not you really should. https://www.instagram.com/p/BWBPvO3Byqu/?taken-by=cliffordgwinnphotography "All about that bass" A post shared by Cliff2n (@cliffordgwinnphotography) on Jul 13, 2017 at 4:40pm PDT I don’t usually share more than one photo from an…
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Participation Trophies Are for Losers
You entitled insolent child You have been mollycoddled And catered to your entire Short life. Not even 18 and think you are an adult. How dare you think that you can tell me what to do How dare you assume anything about me About life in general You have not lived long enough to assume. Your sheltered existence One of helicopter moms always hovering Never having truly lived at all. Assuming you can tell an adult what to do Assuming you know what to do Assuming that anyone will even listen to your orders You are a child still clinging to mommy’s skirt Surprised when the world calls you out…
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Narcissistic Views
When this poem first came to me, I thought it was about a prior relationship. The more I looked at this poem and worked with it to get it exactly the way I wanted it to be, I realized it was about so much more. I look into my eyes. I am lost deep in the blue, Drowning… Suffocating in your reflection I struggle for air There is no space for me, only you. You only look into my eyes to see your own reflection. Consumed with yourself Leaving no room for me You fill my periphery. In my eyes, there is only your reflection. What…
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Why is Everyone Trying to Look Like a Kardashian?
I have a complaint or more like a pet peeve. I really dislike when people, especially women, try to be someone else. When they don’t embrace their own unique beauty and try to fit into a mold. The current mold I see everyone trying to fit in is the corsetted (waist trainer) waist, big butt, full body makeup, hair extension, overdrawn lips of the Kardashians. Don’t get me wrong, I am not knocking the Kardashian’s or the way they have been able to make millions off of just being a Kardashian. What I am saying is why are they and everyone else all trying to look specifically like Kim. Kim is…
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Should I Warn Her?
Her face is smiling up at me from the announcement section of the morning paper. Right there next to his depraved grin, she stands beaming, happy to show off the ring. I wonder who paid for it. Tossing the paper in the trash near the door, I walk out into the morning throng. The sun is shining and life is moving all around me. Should I warn her? Would she believe me? She does not even know who I am. I am a stranger to her or worse depending on what he may have told her. Should I warn her that she is the latest in a long line of…
