Marilyn Regan – Medium

Published in Unapologetically Real

·Jul 2

I’m Sixty-four and an Old Broad Struggling to Learn New tricks

Someone, please send me that bottle of wine. — Learning is a lifelong experience, and I’ve put myself out there in a big way. I started a new job at an age when most people would be riding out the last few months of their careers, gritting their teeth and counting the days. And it’s not just any new…

Personal Growth

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I’m Sixty-four and an Old Broad Struggling to Learn New tricks

Jun 25

Your cells, your bones, your marrow must vibrate with the music of connection, and from time to time its tragic loss, if you’re going to reach the heart of your readers with your stories.

The Diversity of Your Life Is Just as Important as the Quality of Your Writing

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Rick Lewis

So true! The more raw and vulnerable you are, the better the connection with your audience.

So true! The more raw and vulnerable you are, the better the connection with your audience. I find that the more specific a writer is, the more general s/he, they are. We are so much more alike than different.

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Jun 25

Personally, I want more than eighty years of struggle followed by an empty death. I want to believe the others that have gone before, and those who will soon follow, have gone to a place where we can be reunited — so we can see each other again.

My Niece’s Final Words from Her Death Bed Taught Me All I Need to Know About Religion

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Roger A. Reid, Ph.D.

I so believe that the personality of our loved ones continues after the change we call death and…

I so believe that the personality of our loved ones continues after the change we call death and that we live in the world of spirit. Your niece sounded like a wonderful person and I'm glad you got to say good-bye to her. This is a wonderful, touching story. Thank…

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Published in Unapologetically Real

·Jan 20

I’ve Fallen and Can get up but Probably Shouldn’t.

Sometimes you need to let someone else give you a hand. — I am beginning to feel like one of the mothers in an Amy Tan novel. Or should I say, all the mothers in her novels? These mothers are strong, eccentric, and stubborn, set in their ways, and never wrong. The main character, the daughter, is frustrated, trying to accommodate her…

Aging

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I’ve Fallen and Can get up but Probably Shouldn’t.

Published in Spiritualist Corner

·Dec 23, 2021

The Winter Solstice Is Not Reflected in the Way We Celebrate Christmas

This is a time to go within, remember, and create new memories. — The heritage of Christmas is the Winter Solstice, when the days begin to move away from the dark into the light, the light increasing minute by minute each day. In the earliest of traditions, the Solstice was a time of going within and contemplating events of the previous year. …

Relationships

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The Winter Solstice Is Not Reflected in the Way We Celebrate Christmas

Published in Tapestry of Life

·Dec 17, 2021

Happiness Is a Gift We Give or Deny Ourselves

The choice is inside each of us. — Happiness is a rare commodity these days. Even rarer than toilet paper at the beginning of the pandemic. Considering toilet paper’s purpose, I have to laugh. It’s so appropriate. But I digress. The good thing about happiness is we do not have to buy it. It’s up to us, and…

Personal Growth

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Happiness Is a Gift We Give or Deny Ourselves

Published in Unapologetically Real

·Dec 13, 2021

The Promises of Christmas Cannot Eradicate the Grim Reality of COVID

But the joy of the season is still ours. — Christmas and the Holiday Season bring out the best in many of us. The lights, trees, children’s belief that Santa and his reindeer will soar through the sky on Christmas Eve and hurry down chimneys, many that don’t exist, fill us with hope. Children and the Holidays are an intoxicating…

Covid 19

3 min read

The Promises of Christmas Cannot Eradicate the Grim Reality of COVID

Oct 19, 2021

Who is Producing the Targeted Neurological Attacks Causing Havana Syndrome?

U.S. Intelligence and White House personnel are amongst its victims — It’s like something out of a James Bond film, and the CIA and the Biden Presidency are taking it very seriously. An ear-piercing high-pitched electronic noise causes pressure in the ears. …

National Security

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Who is Producing the Targeted Neurological Attacks Causing Havana Syndrome?

Published in Unapologetically Real

·Sep 24, 2021

What’s happened to Formatting on Medium?

If you don’t care about your writing, readers won’t follow you. — When I started writing on Medium in 2018, I enrolled in a course to learn all the things the platform required. Without proper formatting, I was informed, Medium would not curate your post. S/he, they, they who followed the rules were put on the top. It made sense. However, I’ve…

Writing

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What’s happened to Formatting on Medium?

Published in Unapologetically Real

·Sep 18, 2021

Do These Simple Things to Reduce the Use of One-use Plastic

It will save you time and money, and fish will thank you. — Plastic isn’t a problem. It’s one-use plastic that’s polluting the oceans, lining the gutters, and overflowing landfills. Take a walk on a beach, and you’ll discover that most of the trash on the beach is, you guessed it, plastic. Seaglass is becoming a thing of the past. Globally, manufacturers produce…

Plastic

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