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AGE: 31
LOC: Buda, TX
GEN: Female
LAST LOGIN: July 03

First and foremost, I’m Ruth’s mama.  It took a while for me to get the hang of being a mommy…but three years into it, I can honestly say my favorite things in life are making play dough sculptures, singing and dancing in the car, and just teaching Ruth all the really neat stuff three year olds don’t know yet.

When not on duty as Ruthie’s mama, I fulfill my need to be the center of attention through teaching second grade.  There’s just something about being around kids as they learn new things that totally has me hooked!

Every now and then, I like to pretend there’s extra time at the end of the day for me…when that happens I enjoy writing poetry and short stories, baking cookies, reading “good” books, and sleeping in on Saturda…

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Poetry / Evaporate
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Every morning come six am the alarm goes off, _punctures her thoughts_ and she's still there with him. Trapped in a cage with no walls, _padlocked_ Bound by ties and sacred obligation. She'll close her eyes ...imagine someone's life without him and evaporate. Melt into the atmosphere. _simply disappear_ Gone.
Poetry / Evaporate
Version 1
4 Reviews   6 Comments
Every morning come six am the alarm goes off, _punctures her thoughts_ and she's still there with him. Trapped in a cage with no walls, _padlocked_ Bound by ties and sacred obligation. She'll close her eyes ...imagine someone's life without him and evaporate. Melt into the atmosphere. _simply disappear_ Gone.
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Poetry / Marriage
Version 1
4 Reviews   1 Comment
*Marriage* Vows written on paper... spoken. Promises not meant to be broken. "I take you to be my wife." (I take your hands) My right to your right, my left to your left. "Promise to be true to you " (Hold them) "-in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health." (Look down) content with disbelief. "I will love you and honor you all the days of my life." (You let go) The ring... Yes, the ring. A golden reminder of this. This lonely uphill climb.
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Short Story / Gerbil Escape Artists
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10 Reviews   3 Comments
Message to Entire School Date: 3/24/06 Time: 7:24am Subject: Gerbil Escape Artists So, two of my gerbils disappeared over night... Be on the lookout for a blackish/dark brown gerbil and a grey gerbil. If you see them, please don't hurt them. Just catch them and return them. Thanks! Message from 5th grade Science Teacher Date: 3/24/06 Time: 7:42am Subject: RE Gerbil Escape Artists I am so sorry. I will be on the lookout. Message to 5th grade Science Teacher Date: 3/24/06 Time 7:43am Subject: ...
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Poetry / Laundry
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2 Reviews   0 Comments
Laundry Warm cumulous clouds of long lace _mingling_ with brief. Intertwined snakes feeding on silken panties and push-up bras beckon. They dance.
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Novel Treatments / Water Dance
by JayG
This review had me stumped more than half way through...I couldn't figure out - what, for the life of me, I was going to write; it was that good. I knew something magical, unexpected, or far-reaching was going to happen. You set chapter two up really well. I'd say it's "hmmmm, that's interesting," but leaning really heavily towards "Woah, what the hell just happened?" That is quite a 360. Engineer searching for a job nabs a magical ring and becomes a mermaid. If anyone can pull this off, it's...
Non-fiction / Chapter 6 - Can't Smell the Roses
by Phillipsosophy
Your story is strong and compelling. I was able to stay focused and read it from beginning to end without getting distracted. My suggestions: Your paragraphs need to be more apparent. I had difficulty following changes in thought and in the story. When Michael was first introduced I was totally confused. I thought you'd screwed up with transitioning time or ages. I kept scrolling back up to the top of the story trying to figure out what I was missing. It took me a couple of minutes to piece t...
Poetry / and you say smoking kills
by cece0116
You should have ended here... Tainted by Cigs I inhale every Day Of my life Up until then... I was only thinking you had some minor technical things to fix. Then, Wham! I felt like I'd been caught off guard by every other sad teenage poet. I don't say that to be hurtful (I was a sad teenage poet once). I say that to imply your poem didn't have to be generic. It could be something else. Why do what everyone else does? Right? So, I don't know... that last bit ruined it for me. Having gotten tha...
Poetry / Explicit
by AnnelyseRobin
Okay. My suggestions are few. You use the word *and* far too much. Which may have only been a couple of times, but in the context...far too much. A good friend of mine likes to point out when I have people melting together or just melting in general. He likes to tell me things like, "Paula - the rest of your poem was extremely concrete. Did they really melt?" hmmmmmm. Just something for you to think about. (It might be that it takes something away from what you've got, you know?) Your form re...
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by Unknown User
Your notes for the reviewer mentioned clarity and message conveyance. I'm going with those... What is a cheek's ladle? I ask only to bring up that I read the poem ten or so times before I finally decided you meant the tears were welled up in your eyes. I'm still not sure if that's exactly right... but (shrug) it's the best I can come up with. It sort of ties in with the feeling that I got, as I read, that your rhymes were forced. This poem didn't read very naturally. It was almost as though y...
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