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VANESSA SHIELDS

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Category: Writing Life

On Writing · Writing Life

The Words Will Come

September 23, 2019 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

The words will come. Sometimes it takes years for our words to figure out how they'll get out of our heads...how they'll reach up from our souls and navigate a path to our fingertips. But the words will come. I want you to read these words and really feel them in your self because we… Continue reading The Words Will Come

Events · My Family · On Writing · Writing Life

All Good Things

September 12, 2019 Vanessa ShieldsLeave a comment

The kids are at school. The kids are at school! And so, here I am sitting at the dining room table, coffee in hand's reach. I've already devoured two Eggos (w/ butter, peanut butter and a little bit of honey). I've got just over an hour before I have to scoot to the school to… Continue reading All Good Things

On Writing · Writing Life

Oh, Autumn.

August 26, 2019 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

Today, I feel Autumn in my elbows. In the yarn-like pain that pulls as I bend my arm up and down, up and down. Today, I smell Autumn on the hip of the wind. In the wide dirt-like scent of the earth yearning for a sip of water. Today, I hear Autumn on the earlobe… Continue reading Oh, Autumn.

Events · Writing Life

The Shaky Side of Miracles.

July 31, 2019 Vanessa Shields6 Comments

I'll be honest. I'm feeling a little shaky. Could be the sugar from the two cupcakes I ate (leftovers from our INCREDIBLE open house!) running through my veins. Or maybe it's leftover adrenaline from witnessing and then getting stuck in a four car collision on the expressway around 4pm this afternoon (everyone walked away - no… Continue reading The Shaky Side of Miracles.

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