What do you stand for? Would you stand by your beliefs no matter what? What if you could achieve a dream by shoving aside a moral or two? Would you do it? When I stumbled upon the Steemit.com platform

I have never been so happy to see common grasses and weeds sprouting in my yard. The lush greenery is struggling to return after a long, cold winter. At this rate, though, spring won't arrive 'til summer,

I have to admit, I really struggled to know how to start this post. I knew what I wanted to talk about but articulating a feeling into a coherent thought that someone else might want to read was proving

I tell her the reason is not that people don't want to see her. No. People don't want to see themselves. I tell her humans are complex. We all have multiple layers to our stories. People who call her

Of course, I have to talk about what self-care looks like when you’re a student. As an undergraduate student, I have to admit I wasn’t exactly aware of self-care. As a young woman, before becoming a parent,

Just when I think I couldn't love teaching any more, several members of my writing classes contact me about taking them on as private clients. YES! Yes, I would love to! When I get this question, I have

What joys would pleasant lines bring? What fears have they allayed? Goose bumps still run while on my skin I still dream of a land better than this Fears were too allayed Put down, buried yet not laid

Source It's my second time writing a fifty word story. I missed the deadline last week for this writing challenge by @jayna. You can check out the details for the contest here. It is quite challenging.

I don't want to jinx it, but it looks like spring has sprung. Finally. The first dandelions have appeared in the yard. I should gather some; I've read that dandelion tea is good for the liver. I am so

For most of my life I struggled to meet societal expectations. I was awkward and weird, propelled by my own anxiety to the point I was much like a starving dog attempting to steal a bone from a much bigger,

Judging by the clouds this morning, today is going to be an interesting day. The clouds look like rolling hills, with a river of gold in its valley. The temperature is expected to be 51°F and thankfully

Hi friends, Have you been anxiously waiting for the first episode of Deskflip and Chill, the podcast of nerdy rage and joy? No? Just me? Okay, then! Still, we're going to try and tape our first episode

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The fallen tree branch that snapped a wire. This is between my neighbor's yard and mine. Slowly, branches are being collected, and power is being restored. I returned home this morning to restored power

🌼 Hey Steemit!!! As many of you know, I founded the @steemitbloggers discord server several months back with the intention of building, supporting and growing a community of truly quality Steemit bloggers.

So, I've been writing "Weight Loss Wednesday" posts since I started on steemit. That's awesome, and I've made a LOT of progress with weightloss in the past year. My goal was to lose at least

I gave myself a break today. The Hoosier Athletic Club burpee challenge I'm chipping away at allows burpees completed within class workouts to count toward your 5,000. When I checked yesterday, I had passed

Dear Ones, I have more than one post owed to you, Steemit. An update on those Cookies for the Homeless is coming. I unexpectedly found myself taking in someone temporarily without housing (and didn't think

Lili and her baby are moving out of our house and into their own apartment. The move has already begun. It’s very strange how quiet the house feels while Lili is away. Her baby is a quiet baby, but there