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mandyjvic (39)in #fiction • 7 years ago
Sorting through stuff
“There’s something wrong,” Teddy tells me. “Mum’s sorting . . . through stuff.” “Of course she is,” I reply. “She’s got almost a century of Gran’s memorabilia now occupying…
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mandyjvic (39)in #fiction • 7 years ago
Threadbare
“I’m pregnant.” The words ambush me; like the final siren when you’re one point down. No time to reassess, regroup, make the winning play; just a heavy realization that…
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mandyjvic (39)in #fiction • 7 years ago
Fractured
The door to our station wagon slams shut with the heavy hand of a child eager to be in the company of his friends. Our son, Sam turns to us, leans in through Kristin’s open…
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mandyjvic (39)in #fiction • 7 years ago
Pressing
I step from the sanctuary of my Hyundai and stand on the sidewalk, looking into my parents’ lounge room window. My mother is sliding a white blouse around a coat hanger that she…
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mandyjvic (39)in #fiction • 7 years ago
Stepping out
The button is round and grey and glossy with the words Unfuck the world in glaring neon red. Even as I lurch along with the other commuters I am transfixed by that stupid…
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mandyjvic (39)in #story • 7 years ago
Hostage
“I’m sure he’s in there.” Officer Ralston stepped into the rain. “Is he armed?” Amos shrugged. “He’s got my silver candlesticks.” Ralston paced. If Amos Fulton was…
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mandyjvic (39)in #fitness • 7 years ago
15 lessons I didn't know I'd learn from running a marathon - Part III
And finally . . . we are on the home stretch . . . or at least the road leading up to it. I was huffing and heaving when I passed my buddy Gary and a friend he’d picked up…
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mandyjvic (39)in #fitness • 7 years ago
15 lessons I didn't know I'd learn from running a marathon - Part II
We take up the story, just prior to M-day . . . My friend Gary and his wife Sharon were to arrive the day before the big event. So I spent some time making my flat respectable.…
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mandyjvic (39)in #fitness • 7 years ago
15 lessons I never knew I'd learn from running a marathon - Part I
I am wearing the smirk of the cat that got the cream and the plump cushion in a brilliant ray of sunlight; the fighting fish that has his very own wave pool, and plastic weed;…
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mandyjvic (39)in #photography • 7 years ago
Iguazu Falls - Argentina
Pictures from the amazing Iguazu Falls Argentina. They do not do this magnificent natural wonder justice. Enjoy! ![] ![] ![]
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mandyjvic (39)in #poetry • 7 years ago
Reflection
My mother liked to tell me, “I thought you had a happy childhood.” I ache for the woman So wounded that she could not see, The pain behind the smile I pasted on my…
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mandyjvic (39)in #story • 7 years ago
Ants
Ants. I have ants in my kitchen. I try to let them live, the ants, but somewhere along their path, they dispose of their obligations to themselves. They infiltrate my water…
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mandyjvic (39)in #funny • 7 years ago
The Kindness of Strangers
It’s easy nowadays, to focus on all that’s wrong with the world. In fact, I can spend the better part of a day recounting the sins of the universe against me. But when something…
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mandyjvic (39)in #poetry • 7 years ago
One precious single thread
Sometimes life brings us beautiful gifts Then seemingly tears them away Before we can weave them into the fabric of our life. But they are there nonetheless, Perhaps…
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mandyjvic (39)in #psychology • 7 years ago
Standing up for yourself doesn’t have to mean standing on someone else
I’m unsure I should put this in writing but….I think I’m getting wiser. I know, right? Heady stuff. During my childhood I was taught that my opinion didn’t count and that if…
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mandyjvic (39)in #writing • 7 years ago
The feedback tug-of-war
Giving and receiving feedback at opposite ends of the scale. Sometimes neither giver nor receiver is comfortable. It can create anxiety and even animosity. For me, this is…
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mandyjvic (39)in #emotions • 7 years ago
I can’t make you feel anything. You choose how you feel.
So true, right? We allow people to make us feel a certain way. Accordingly, if we are hurt or disappointed or emotionally or psychologically damaged, it’s simply a character…
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