From May 31st- June 13th midnight, PST, you can vote for your favorite May 2012, “My Gutsy Story.” To VOTE, please go to the poll on the right side of this post. You will find it on the sidebar listing the names of all 4 “My Gutsy Story,” authors. Here are the 4 stories. Only ONE vote per person. 1). Teresa Wendel Teresa proves Continue Reading
Archives for May 2012
“My Gutsy Story” by Marcia Sargent
For me, living a gutsy life involved not one turning point, but rather a series of choices that led me on a more difficult path. Some people want to be liked, or rich, or powerful or famous. I've always wanted to do the right thing. Life as a child gave me very little power in a house of an ogre of a father and a ghostlike mother. I learned to Continue Reading
Blogging is like online dating: you connect and meet in person.
Muriel and Sonia Have you ever felt like you know more about your online friends than your neighbors? Muriel and I arranged to meet at the Paddington station in London, 6000 miles from Orange County,California, where I live. “I’ll be wearing a red coat,” she said. “I’ll be wearing a fuschia jacket,” I replied, knowing full well that Continue Reading
“My Gutsy Story” by Siv Maria Ottem
My story starts 35 years ago after I had given my son up for adoption. The years in between then and now have left me searching for part of an empty hole in my heart. I tried to fill this empty hole with something else or someone else over and over again. The pain of such loss never goes away no matter how hard you try to replace or ignore it. It Continue Reading
Winner of the April “My Gutsy Story” contest
Greetings from Paris, where I'm announcing the WINNER of the APRIL "My Gutsy Story" contest. 1st place: "Felicitations en francais" Congratulations to Esther Goodman, winner of the April 2012, "My Gutsy Story" contest. In her post, Esther wrote about her Holocaust Revelations. "The journey I took gathering and Continue Reading