Finally!
I first purchased the name The Invisible People Series as a domain name in 2012. I never got further but never let the domain name go and never stopped thinking about these characters.
Becoming Da Mommy
Last night I got the phone call every daughter dreads. “Hello, Mrs. Manson? Your mother cold-cocked a member of the senior day care staff.” “No, you must be mistaken,” I say. “My mom is a 91-year-old great-grandmother.” “Yes,” comes the reply, “we know, but she still has a great right hook.” Today the squeaking door …
17: It Started at the Amusement Park
In my own little cornerIn my own little chairI can be whatever I want to beOn the wing of my fancyI can fly anywhereAnd the world will open its arms to me I’m a huntress on an African safari(It’s a dangerous kind type of sport and yet it’s fun) In the night I sally forth …
16: Winter
“Here comes a wave meant to wash me away A tide that is taking me under Broken again, left with nothing to say My voice drowned out in the thunder But I can’t cry, and I can’t start to crumble Whenever they try to shut me or cut me down I can’t stay silent Though …
15: The Best Decision I’ve Ever Made
“God of the Living Word, Poet of Time,teach me Your words in Your cadence and rhyme.O Lord of beauty, Lord of art,Who gives a song for every heart,carve out my life, reshape and mold;And be the artist of my soul … Teach me Your words in Your cadence and rhyme.O Lord of beauty, Lord of …
14: Flashpoint
What is this feeling, So sudden and new? I felt the moment I laid eyes on you; My pulse is rushing; My head is reeling; My face is flushing; What is this feeling? Fervid as a flame, Does it have a name? What is this Feeling? Song by Stephen Schwartz from Wicked He was the …
13: It’s Working
“Now it’s happened once or twice Someone couldn’t pay the price And I’m afraid I had to rake ’em ‘cross the coals Yes I’ve had the odd complaint But on the whole, I’ve been a saint To those poor unfortunate souls” Poor Unfortunate Souls, From The Little Mermaid Songwriters: Howard Elliott Ashman / Alan Menken …
12: You Never See God Coming, You Only See His Back
“When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long and you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows lies the seed, that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes the rose” The Rose Song by …
11: The Gift of Acceptance
I believe I have been bad. That I am unloved and unlovable. I have done things I am ashamed of and know if you knew of them you would think less of me. Is this true? It doesn’t matter, I believe you would and so it is true for me. This belief makes it impossible …
10: A Good Night’s Sleep
“Ooh child, Things are gonna get easierOoh child, Things’ll get brighter” Ooh Child Song by Five Stairsteps Oh ! Argghh!! Shut Up! Shut UP!! SHUT UP!!! I looked down at my little Penelope. Face red, fist clenched, angry at the world in general and gracing me in particular with her displeasure. I had paced, …
Week 9: Friends on the Town
Week 9 February 26- March 4, 2023 Prompt: Friends on the Town ‘A single thread in a tapestry Though its color brightly shines Can never see its purpose In the pattern of the grand design And the stone that sits on the very top Of the mountains mighty face Does it think it’s more important …