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Today is my Father’s Birthday and I am Celebrating
amwriting · family · gratitude · honoring father · military · thankfulness

Today is my Father’s Birthday and I am Celebrating

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Today is my father’s birthday. Today I am cooking Lentil Soup and feeding friends, the way my father BBQs every weekend for his many neighbors. Today I am wearing a Washington, D.C. Pentagon t-shirt, honoring my father’s many trips around the world, in combat and leading soldiers, to serve and protect this country. Today I… Continue reading Today is my Father’s Birthday and I am Celebrating

The Time I called my Boyfriend “Daughter”
amwriting · dialogue · fiction · opportunity for writers · Uncategorized · writing · writing advice

The Time I called my Boyfriend “Daughter”

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When trying to be cute and unexpected ends up with you calling your boyfriend “daughter.” Yep. (See picture to the right). I thought “chorri” meant bird in Nepali, his native tongue. Bird is what we call each other. Sometimes bug. Sometimes tree. Whatever flies out of our mouths. But, daughter? That’s not in my league of… Continue reading The Time I called my Boyfriend “Daughter”