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I See Us Smiling Back.
I’ve been searching for you, dear one, my entire adult life. Remember when we were inseparable, you and I? As a matter of fact, we were so close that there was no telling us apart. I saw you smiling back at me when I looked at my reflection in the mirror. When happiness sparked in you, I felt joy. When sadness spilled in your heart, I cried tears. When anger took its rightful place in your belly, I shouted and stomped my feet. Oh, I remember those days when you, on my inside, matched the me, on the outside. Our experience of the world was pure, without judgment or projection. Wholeness defined us.
By Judy Walker 2 years ago in Confessions
Fake or Real:
“Let’s get an artificial tree this year,” I blurt out. “They look so real, with lights already installed.” My daughter’s jaw drops and her face rearranges into that, have-you-lost-your-mind expression she has perfected over the past two years as a teenager. “I can’t believe you said that!” she gasps. “Christmas wouldn't be real with a plastic tree and by the way, did you know that the first artificial tree was made by a company who manufactured toilet brushes? Do you really want a giant toilet brush in the corner of the living room?”
By Judy Walker 2 years ago in Families
- Top Story - November 2021
Unrequited LoveTop Story - November 2021
No one knows of my infatuation with you. There is no one to tell of the sleepless nights, the sudden lack of appetite; how the mere glimpses of you cause my heart to shift into fifth gear and my breath to catch inside my lungs.
By Judy Walker 2 years ago in Confessions
The One
When heartbreak comes-a-calling, and it does, several times in a lifetime, if you are in search of “The One”, the pain can be exquisite. Art is created of this pain. Poems and song lyrics pulsate with this pain. Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and War and Peace, were all inspired by a heart decimated by this pain. And, if you are like me and have had your heart pulverized numerous times in your lifetime, it may have crossed your mind that maybe, just maybe, you weren’t cut out for the relationship racket.
By Judy Walker 2 years ago in Humans
