writing and lighting my way
“I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.” – William Faulkner
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You know what I was not meant to have? Control. Self-, others-, situational-, political-, government-, project-, subordinate-. None of it. I am involuntarily exerting control over my words, even as I type them. I used to be able to write freely, flowingly, honestly, carelessly. Not in an “I-don’t-care-about-others” kind of…
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Prisoner of Indifference, pt. deux
Sometimes, it is difficult to not lapse into a victim mentality. Sometimes, it is difficult not to overflow with resentment. Sometimes, it is difficult to…
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No Numbing Allowed
On my mom’s side, I am the oldest grandchild, and I am her oldest child. Yet, I am not typically the one who has the…
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An Unexpected Benefit
10/19/2015 Early last week, into my email inbox dropped a notice that I had received two tickets to be in the studio audience of the…
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Letter To Myself
“Write yourself a compassionate, sympathetic letter about what you have learned and understood, what you are grateful to yourself for, what you were courageous about,…
● About Me
I’m Christi, and I have been writing, well, since I learned to write as a little girl. I learned in my 40’s that writing saves lives and sanity, and that is exactly why I am still here.
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