The Other Shoe
Poet-Artist Collaboration 2005 The Other Shoe Tick, tick, tick So when’s it going to happen? While I’m looking the other way my attention directed to some happy place oblivious naive […]
Author Archives: laurie mona
ICU Haikus
written in the long, dark nights struggling to understand the why of it all… ICU Haikus You want to kill me ICU psychosis screams not funny from Mom. Cure sugar […]
Wasting Time
I’m reminded of my cowardice every spring, as I reorganize my closet. There it is – unwrinkled, neatly folded with the rest of my clothes. A souvenir T-shirt picturing Chinese […]
The Rest of the Story – for Dad
I always enjoyed listening to Paul Harvey’s stories on the radio. The best part always came after his catch phrase, “And now…the rest of the story.” The last bit was […]
Love Letter to Mom
When my mom passed away, I wrote the obituary. Even though I offered to do it, I was a little daunted at the magnitude of the responsibility. Whatever I wrote […]
Soul Searching
A note – I’m in a much better place than when I originally wrote this, but I think I’m probably not the only one who has been there…. What do […]
What I’d say if I weren’t afraid to say anything…
Showing your vulnerability isn’t weakness, it’s courage – Brené Brown I don’t like to write things that upset people. Or leave myself open for criticism. I want everyone to like […]
Faking It
I’m no role model for the love what Mother Nature gave you crowd. Mother N and I have been in an ongoing disagreement about my hair color since college. As […]
Dream On
Thanks to my siblings’ twisted childhood psych outs, I pretty much can’t get through the night when I visit somewhere new without a startled freak-out or two. It doesn’t take […]
That Kind of Girl
What’s not to love about a Minnesota autumn? Ordinary green trees turned fiery multi-colors, crisp mornings, cuddly sweaters, and the unspoiled promise of a new year. No matter how long […]
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