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Two Stories, One Post

in Uncategorized on 30/11/15

I am excited to debut on Her View From Home this morning. I’m writing a little story about my sweet friend Angela.  It’s all her fault that I love fall scented candles.  Read more here.

IMG_2026And in case you weren’t sure, Hadley is currently 9 going on  14. Lord, help me. This has absolutely nothing to do with my writing (yet). I am just sharing a bit of news.

Over on Makes You Mom, I wrote one of the hardest essays I’ve written in a long time. It doesn’t matter how long it took me to write it, but there were lots of tears and revisions.  There were lots of crumpled up drafts and lots of “I’m walking away from this piece of….” well, you get the idea. I don’t need to use naughty words.  The essay is about a spider and a locksmith, and my struggle to come to terms with the stories I weave in my head. Don’t read it if you’re in a good mood. You can find it here.

Here’s a picture to cheer you up if you did read it. Who can’t be happy looking at those blue eyes? Also, it was taken on a cold Tuesday afternoon when we were supposed to be doing homework, but I decided ice-cream with LOTS of sprinkles (for me) was in order.

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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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