“I often run out of words to describe all that you mean to me.” ~M
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The Afters – Beautiful Words
“Beautiful Words”
Slow down
This is such a blur
Tell me what’s the hurry now
Have we been running round in circles
Missing all that we could be
You say it’s not too late
This is such a blur
Tell me what’s the hurry now
Have we been running round in circles
Missing all that we could be
You say it’s not too late
[Chorus:]
We are words
On pages that we’ve left unturned
An ending no one’s ever heard
We are a story slowly unfolding
Beautiful words
I could walk across the ocean
With you walking next to me
And you could melt away this winter
Now we’re starting over
We will see it’s not too late
[Chorus]
That last when everything else has passed
Even when all the stars are gone
I know every single beautiful word that we were will live on
[Chorus]
Written by, The Afters.
September Writing Prompt Participants
Great month everyone! There are seven pages here of all of your beautiful writings. It’s getting so hard to keep up with all of you! Hope I didn’t miss anyone! I apologize in advance if I did. 😉
- A touch of perfect
Nut House Central – https://nuthousecentral.wordpress.com/2018/09/01/dreaming/
Sweet Aroma – https://onetahayes.com/2018/09/01/look-around/
Night Owl Poetry – https://dorindaduclos.com/2018/09/01/a-touch-of-perfect-poetry-septemberwriting/
Walt’s Writings – https://waltswritingsonlife.wordpress.com/2018/09/01/a-month-of-september-prompts-in-one-day/
This N That With Me – https://cthisnthat.wordpress.com/2018/09/01/touch-of-perfect/
Help from Heaven – https://isaiah46ministries.com/2018/09/01/should-we-be-leery-of-shortcuts/
Cosistories – https://cosistories.wordpress.com/2018/09/01/a-touch-of-perfect/
A UNIQUE TITLE FOR ME –
https://jimadamsauthordotcom.wordpress.com/2018/09/01/napoleons-retreat-from-moscow/
Afterwards – https://afterwards.blog/2018/09/03/a-touch-of-perfect-room-101/
Art Mater – http://artmater.com/a-touch-of-perfect-in-a-good-dream/
Playing with words – https://playingwithwords.blog/2018/09/02/a-touch-of-perfect/
Bethlovesblue – https://bethlovesblue.com/2018/09/13/a-touch-of-perfect/
Where has it gone?
How many times have I sat here and asked myself, “Where has all of my inspiration gone?” And then in a single burst of newfound creative energy, it all seems to come back to me in full force. I live for the days when the thoughts pour right out of my head into a jumbled mess upon my college-ruled blue lined paper. Those words literally look up at me and beg me to put them into some kind of sensible order. We all face writer’s block from time to time though, and I think the best way to work through it, is to pick up a pen, and just start writing anything and everything that comes to your mind. Kind of like what I’m doing right now. In fact, I really have no idea where these words are currently taking me. I’ve been stuck without a decent thought or idea for months now.
I know I’ll never give up on the idea of being a writer because it’s the only thing in my life that has ever remained a true passion. I almost believe that a part of me would surely die if I ever did try to give up writing altogether. My soul seems to crave words as if my very life depends on them. So my advice to anyone who may be struggling at the moment is to keep pen and paper handy at all times, and just jot down random thoughts whenever you have the opportunity. I think you’ll be surprised by just how many ideas suddenly pop into your head, which may often lead to wonderful stories that you might not have thought could ever be possible.
Just never give up, you’re a writer after all, whether you feel like you can officially call yourself that or not. If you’re here and you’re writing for a blog, then you’re a writer, and it’s important that people hear what you have to say. You’re words mean something, and you never know whose lives you might touch by the simple things you say and share. Anyway, these are my thoughts for this quiet Tuesday evening, and I figured it was time to get out of my rut and write something. I hope everyone is having a good week. Keep on writing and never give up! Love, ~M xoxo
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May Writing Prompt Participants
I was so impressed by the response this month from all of you who participated. I really enjoyed reading all of your lovely creations. I was thrilled once again by Walt’s compilation, moved by the ever beautiful words of Dorinda, captivated by Michael’s fantasy fiction adventure, intrigued by the variety of stories from Cosistories, enlightened by The Bag Lady, laughing along with Sarah and her sweet sense of humor, resonating with June Ann’s words, and inspired by Playing with words. I can’t wait to see what all of you come up with for June! 😉 ~M xoxo
- The in-between
Walt’s Writings – https://waltswritingsonlife.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/a-month-of-may-prompts-in-one-day/
Night Owl Poetry – https://dorindaduclos.com/2018/05/01/the-in-between-maywriting-poetry-romantictuesday/
The Bag Lady – https://rugby843.blog/2018/05/02/putting-my-feet-in-the-dirt-may-1/
Cosistories – https://cosistories.wordpress.com/2018/05/02/the-in-betweeners/
Afterwards – https://afterwards.blog/2018/05/03/the-in-between-part-1-of-31/
This N That With Me – https://cthisnthat.wordpress.com/2018/05/03/in-between/
Having Fun Blogging – https://stc7029.wordpress.com/2018/05/05/deep-in-thought-deep-in-space/
Jaquintinwriter – https://jaquintinwriter.wordpress.com/2018/05/02/topic-hip-hop/
Silent words of love…
“Love… It’s as much in the words that aren’t said as it is in the ones that are, and it’s easy to hear those silent words if you just listen with your heart.” ~M
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#MidnightMadness – 5/6/2018
A conversation with my sixteen year old daughter…
Brianna – “Mom, is shitted a word?”
Me – “No honey…”
Brianna – “Darn it! I was really looking forward to using that word!”
Me – “🙄😳😲”
Ignited
“His words sparked a fire in her, and since then the inferno still rages.” ~M
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The ultimate fantasy…
“We tend to lose ourselves within the pages of our own stories, but to become lost in another person’s words; seems the ultimate fantasy for many writers.” ~M
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When words fail…
“When words cannot convey what your heart longs to speak, a hug is the only alternative.” ~M xo
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That’s unexpected…
“Well… that’s the way of a writer, you never know what you’re gonna get. The words have a mind of their own and we just hold the pen.” ~M
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Do you question love?
“People who question love are people who have never known love.”
~As spoken by my daughter Brianna Cook (age 16)
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#MidnightMadness – 5/15/2017
Thought we were sort of due for another question and answer game tonight. So…
If you could add one word to the dictionary, what would it be and what would it mean?
P.S. I will choose one of the answers and write a poem about it tomorrow. So think of a good one! I can’t wait to see all of your responses. ~M
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#MidnightMadness – 5/6/2017
When there’s nothing left to say, God’s words are the best way. ~M
In loving memory of Wayne Scheppele… ❤️
He was a man who radiated compassion, and when he spoke, everyone listened intently to his every word. He was the person who taught me the importance of God’s word and the key to life’s success (Joshua 1:8). He exuded more wisdom than anyone else I have ever met. He was the kind of person I wanted to emulate because he knew how to genuinely love people and he loved God with his whole heart. He was a man who I always suspected was really an angel, living out his life as a human.
“Mercies are new every day” ~Wayne Scheppele
From our last phone conversation, here are the passages of scripture he asked me to read. I invite you to read them too!
Lamentations 3:21-26
Psalm 1:1-3
Matthew 11:28-30
Proverbs 31
2 Corinthians 1-24
The book of Daniel – The prophecy book!
The Way of Love
1 Corinthians 13 – The Message (MSG)
1 If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.
2 If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing.
3-7 If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.
Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
Love doesn’t strut,
Doesn’t have a swelled head,
Doesn’t force itself on others,
Isn’t always “me first,”
Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.
8-10 Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.
11 When I was an infant at my mother’s breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good.
12 We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!
13 But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.
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#MidnightMadness – 5/4/2017
“Don’t rush right through, let the reader taste your words as they pour out of your mind.” ~M
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