Tag: slices of life
member name: Carol Roach
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September 15, 2006 05:49 AM EDT --
I like my ability to be able to connect with people. It is like reaching out to humanity and proclaiming "I am here for you". I am not here to judge you. Others will certainly step into that . . .
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December 23, 2006 04:27 AM EST --
I should be happy, it is Christmas, I tell myself every year but the truth of the matter is since my grandmother’s passing in 1981, I have lost the true spirit of Christmas. This is not something . . .
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September 09, 2006 05:18 AM EDT --
As I write, I gaze from my open window towards the beautiful cerulean blue celestial sky. I see but one bright star shining its light upon me. I am reminded that light is an illumination, a pathway from . . .
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September 21, 2006 06:01 AM EDT --
Most of you know I dabble in poetry now and then but I do consider myself a writer not a poet.
I just learned a new poetry style called acrostic poetry. With this poetry the first letter of every line . . .
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September 16, 2006 04:12 AM EDT --
I remember his green eyes, beautiful aquiline nose, white skin, and big bushy afro. He was the handsomest man I had ever met. At 19-years-old, he still kept his boy-like appearance. When you looked into . . .
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February 22, 2007 01:03 AM EST --
Many older men and women find themselves divorced and entering the dating scene, after failed marriages. This article addresses a question a middle aged woman asked me just recently. . . .
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July 12, 2007 02:01 AM EDT --
The corrected version of this article has been sold for $200.00
Pyramids and Puzzles: The Fabric of Our Lives
Carol Roach
During my studies in psychology, I came across many theories . . .
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August 12, 2007 10:44 PM EDT --
“Not to worry, come with me. I will show all the best places to get some food. Tomorrow I will take you to the mission, then on Wednesday we’ll go to St. Anthony’s, and every . . .
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August 21, 2006 07:17 PM EDT --
Tiny toes, fat and stubby toes, they are connected to small little foot stubs not yet formed into the shape of the adult foot. These little toes experience the sensation of another's fingers . . .
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August 27, 2006 12:28 AM EDT --
Here is Sharon's Answer to all your wonderful comments about getting rid of her nuisance roosters.
Many suggestions have come in regarding the rooster problem at my house. I really hate . . .
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September 14, 2006 04:53 AM EDT --
Clicketey tick, tick, tick,
The rain descends heavily upon my balcony
Shliiiiiiiiiiiiip , shliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip
Automobiles slap the concrete road below
Whoooosh,
The trees sway frantically in . . .
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August 23, 2006 06:45 PM EDT --
Written on March 29, 2005
Josee-Anne Desrochers died today. She was admitted into to the hospital with pneumonia on Thursday. She is gone today.
She wasn't a woman that was a world celebrity. In . . .
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September 07, 2006 03:58 AM EDT --
Warm smiles, infectious laughter and love will change the very essence of me. It will change my outlook and my attitude towards life and all that it encompasses.
I do not find myself as a person who . . .
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September 16, 2006 12:00 AM EDT --
This is a call for all older women. We have allowed ourselves to be brainwashed and now it is time to end this charade. We have allowed the media to dictate what beauty is, and we have bought into the . . .
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August 28, 2006 04:28 AM EDT --
If I could define just one quality that I like it would definitely be patience. Sometimes, I find there is a big discrepancy between what could be, and what is. I look at my life and I don't always . . .
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September 13, 2006 04:47 AM EDT --
Right now I nurture the seedling of my dream when I do not linger on bad feelings and past hurts. I understand life has it series of ups and downs, and each bump in the road is a learning experience and . . .
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September 15, 2006 05:01 AM EDT --
I remember a time when I never liked roast pork. I used to watch my grandmother prepare the pork. She would stab the poor thing as it was not dead already and place buds of garlic inside it. I don't . . .
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September 15, 2006 05:20 PM EDT --
My Dream
I was given a book for my birthday. It was entitled; "Picking up the pieces" A woman's journey, By Carol Roach. The founder of "Storytime Tapestry" . . .
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October 18, 2006 12:34 AM EDT --
When she ripped you out from within my arms
I was denied your sweet charms
My smile became a permanent frown
Turning your world upside down
Forbidden to see each other again
Denying you of your . . .
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January 28, 2007 08:15 PM EST --
Every year my grandmother bought me valentine cutouts to exchange with my classmates. I loved them. The fact that she spent money she really didn’t have just to make me happy made them . . .
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