Here’s the first of two of the hardest posts I’ve ever written. I’ll write the other one tomorrow. Kisses – the Author ** Five years ago, right about now, I embarked on the Longest Night of My Life. Ten weeks of worry, of tears, of rage were coming to...
My name is Kerry Sheridan. If you know me, you know why every page has that as the first sentence. I've been forced to forget my name too many times. And I'm afraid it's going to happen again. This time, I won't make it back to who...
IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S US © 2021 Leigh Grissom The Harvest Moon reached its zenith, and the Crow landed on his windowsill, just like he knew it would. He extended his bloodied hand, the moonlight illuminating the pentacle he’d carved into his palm. The bird squawked as if...
The same day, 24 years apart, two men lost their lives. On December 8th, 1980, I heard the news on the little AM radio on the headboard of my bed. I was nine, and John Lennon was dead. I knew the Beatles and I knew their music. I...
My English teacher during my senior year in high school died on Tuesday. She was 92. My heart goes out to her family and all who loved her. I would go into the whole story behind why this entry isn't all that heartfelt, but I won't...
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Mirror Man © 2020 by Leigh Grissom May 1, 2021 I think I’m losing my mind. I must be. Diaries are stupid and I don’t have time for this. I’d love to talk it out with someone, but they’ll just eyeball me like I’m a loony and I don’t...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]I've failed at regular updates. In my own defense, the times we're living in now, this "new normal" (God, how I hate that phrase), has made day-to-day existence an anxiety-filled rollercoaster. Even in this tiny town I live in,...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] WORLDWITHOUTEND, AMEN © 2020 by Leigh Grissom Featured in the March 2020 issue of The Scribe (Breaking Rules Publishing) They come. They always come. It doesn’t matter if they’ve heard the stories. It doesn’t matter if they’ve been warned. They come. They always come. And by the...
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