Past attempts to find my voice.
This holiday season I was able to take part in an anthology of different short stories and poems called Second Star. Below is an excerpt of the story I wrote. If you want to read more download the whole anthology here: SecondStar Reindeer Games By Dawn Brock I knew I would be one of the chosen…
*Read part 3 here.* Joseph went out back and found his grandma sitting in her rocker facing the fields. He leaned against the back wall before sliding to the ground. His shoulders slumped, and he buried his head into his knees. “You know the herbs needed for Sara’s medicine used to grow in this very…
I’ve always known I was afraid of failure. However, recently I realized success scares me just as much if not more than failure. Logically it doesn’t make sense. How can I fear both failure and success? Well, one means I wasn’t good enough, and the other one means something has changed or will change. Both prospects…
I want to complain. I know, I know, nobody likes a complainer, but sometimes life is so frustrating I just want to complain. The most annoying part is I know how to fix most of my problems. The problem is making those changes are so hard. I make goals and plans and think of every possible…
I am fat. It sounds harsh, but it’s true. I don’t say it like that because I have low self-esteem or because I hate who I am. I state it like that because it is the most accurate description of how I look. Sure I’m curvy and voluptuous and many other more pleasant sounding words…
There never seems a right way to start a conversation. Whether it is by texting, on the phone, or in person, the beginning is always the hardest. Once started the conversation flows perfectly but at the beginning, nothing. “Hey, how’s it going?” Delete. “Haven’t heard from you in a while.” Delete “Anything new and exciting…
Read part one here and part two here. “Granma!” the boy yelled running up to a withered old woman. “Tell me a story!” “Calm down, calm down,” she laughed. “I’m not as young as I once was. Now sit down and tell me which story you want to hear.” “The one about the earth,” the…
I was the queen of procrastination, once. When a teacher handed out an assignment, I knew exactly how long I could ignore it and still get the grade I desired. In some cases, I chose an acceptable grade rather than the desired grade, but I knew the choice was mine. Every time, I choose to…
I love being alive right now. There are wonderful gadgets and gizmos aplenty. I can literally pull out a small rectangle from my pocket and look up any question and have the almighty Google tell me the answer. It can make life so easy and I love almost anything that makes life easy. But easy isn’t always…