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The Room is Pretty Big, Virginia

in Uncategorized on 02/09/14

For graduation, one of my mentors gave me A Writer’s Diary by Virginia Woolf. “I hope you read it slowly,” was one of the things she wrote inside the book.  So I do.  Every night before I go to sleep, I read one of Virginia’s entries.

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“Life piles up so fast,” she wrote on a Wednesday in March, “that I have no time to write out the equally fast rising mound of reflections, which I always mark down as they rise to be inserted here.”

Life piled up quickly and ever so palpably here last week. I’m glad for Ms Woolf’s words I could contemplate slowly while the last eight years seemed to flash before my eyes.

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  1. Michele @ A Storybook Life says

    September 2, 2014 at 7:50 am

    Those poses! Hope it was a good first week for all of you. And I’m adding A Writer’s Diary to my to-read list now…

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    • calliefeyen says

      September 5, 2014 at 11:01 am

      Hadley LOVES to pose! I told her to “just smile” in the last photo and can you tell she’s annoyed? 🙂

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  2. Jesse Feyen says

    September 2, 2014 at 8:12 am

    Those pics are hilarious! And outfits… Hadley loves her sporty socks.

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    • calliefeyen says

      September 5, 2014 at 11:01 am

      She got that from her Uncle Geoff.

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  3. Stephanie says

    September 2, 2014 at 8:36 am

    Adding that to my list as well! They look ready to take on the world!

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    • calliefeyen says

      September 5, 2014 at 11:00 am

      You let me know when you’re ready to read it, and I’ll loan you my copy. 🙂

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  4. Anita says

    September 2, 2014 at 2:28 pm

    Cute pictures.
    “Life piled up quickly.” – That pretty much sums up our whole month of August.

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    • calliefeyen says

      September 5, 2014 at 11:00 am

      I really liked that phrase.

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  5. alison says

    September 4, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    everything piles up so fast. spending some time thinking about how to be more intentional about the important stuff. i might need to get rid of a couple kids before i can find that kind of time. want one? they’re cute.

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    • calliefeyen says

      September 5, 2014 at 10:59 am

      I know. It’s hard though, when it’s piling up so DAMN fast.

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Hi! I’m Callie. I’m a writer and teacher living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I write Creative Nonfiction, and in my oldest daughter Hadley’s words, I “use my imagination to add a bit of sparkle to the story.” I’m a contributor for Coffee+Crumbs, Off the Page, Makes You Mom, and Relief Journal. My writing has also been featured on Art House America, Tweetspeak Poetry, Good Letters, and Altarwork, and in 2014 I was one of the cast members of the Listen To Your Mother DC show.

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