
by Suzanne Weerts
- Apr 2, 2020
COMMITMENT
Shane is a bad boy. I'm not supposed to associate with bad boys.
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by Suzanne Weerts
- Mar 5, 2020
The Sounds of Silence
When Rumi said, “Listen to silence. It has so much to say,” I’m guessing he didn’t have tinnitus.
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by Suzanne Weerts (as shared at Story Salon on
- Feb 20, 2020
Undercover
My understanding of the birds and the bees existed under a thick blanket of secrecy in the house of my childhood. When I was ten or so, I...
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by Suzanne Weerts (as shared at Story Salon on
- Jan 23, 2020
Cleaning Up
My house is a mere shell of it’s happiest self now that the Christmas decorations are gone. Early in December each box I bring out of th...
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by Suzanne Weerts (as shared at Story Salon on
- Dec 19, 2019
White Elephant
The mantle in my living room is covered in garland and features my collection of twenty eight Santas, started the year I met my husband, ...
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by Suzanne Weerts (as shared at The CrXeativity
- Nov 20, 2019
The Overshare
One of the great gifts of my adulthood is that my dad and I are developing a friendship and coming to a place where we can laugh together...
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by Suzanne Weerts (as shared at Story Salon on
- Nov 14, 2019
Silver Fish
Aunt Joanne gave us the silver fish. She came down from Manhattan with a suitcase full of stylish dresses, and expensive sweaters from Lo...
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by Suzanne Weerts (as shared at Story Salon on
- Oct 31, 2019
Murder House
“Nothing interesting ever happens in Burbank,” my daughter laments. “Come on!” I counter, “Opie Taylor and Edward Scizzorhands were born ...
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by Suzanne Weerts (as shared at Story Salon on
- Oct 10, 2019
Moving Minus Emotion
I impress myself with my calmness, my consistent cheer. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I am Type A all the way, but on the day that I mov...
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