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My Week In Words

in Uncategorized on 05/12/14

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Because I’m no good at spiritual disciplines either and I usually feel guilty about it, but if I could pursue God through writing, then I think that would be just fine.

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Because I think this little sentence is the way I see the world.

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Because in an earlier post this week, I gave some Advent reading suggestions, but Alissa’s meditations are the best. They will leave you hungry, both metaphorically and literally (Jesse, we have to make that Bloody Mary!)

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Because I think I related to every word of this essay and I feel horrible about it. So on Thursday, when it was just Hadley and I in the house for an hour, and there were chores to do, and papers to grade, and an essay to put a final touch on, she suggested we play Dots and Boxes by the fireplace, and we did. And we giggled for a long, long time. Our house is a mess but I can’t remember the last time I laughed with Hadley like that.

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  1. alison says

    December 7, 2014 at 6:01 pm

    that essay. ouch. putting down this computer right now.

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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.

I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University, and I am working on my first book that will be published through TS Poetry Press.

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When I was in fourth grade, I got my front tooth k When I was in fourth grade, I got my front tooth knock out during a baseball game. I was in the dugout, trying to make a butterfly in the dirt with my shoe. The batter, who’d hit not just a home run, but a grand slam, came running in and everyone cheered and so did I because I’d gotten really good at reading cues for when a good thing happens in sports. I even attempted a high five, and somehow I knocked my face into her batting helmet, thus spending the good part of that weekend summer day in the dentist’s office getting a root canal.

No teeth were lost in this latest incident, but I was lost in a bit of imagining on Sunday when I tripped and fell on Packard while running. I look like I’ve been in a bar fight and my shoulder looks similar to how Wesley’s looked after being attacked by an ROUS. 

But I’m going into work today, and when I told my boss I’m nervous about how I look she said, “It’s OK because you have a story,” and if that isn’t the best thing you could ever say to me, I’m not sure what is. 

So, here I am with a story. Thanks to all my friends and family who’ve been so kind and keeping me laughing.
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