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Category Archives: Joy
Good to be Alive Day
I sit in my bed, full of life. Full of gratitude. Although kind of tired of what seems like a catch word – gratitude. I don’t like fads or trends. I like to stay true. Stay authentic. I push against … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Joy, Morning, Uncategorized
Tagged 4th Street, bed, California, comfy bed, Creativity, idea person, life, Love, Missouri, mornings, Movement, Music, Musicians, Novelty, Rap, Santa Ana, serotonin, Writers, Writing
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Home Again (unedited)
I’m in that place again. It feels so amazing. I woke from a full 8 hrs of sleep to a beautiful summer morning. It has been so hot lately I have felt drained, feeling trapped in my home with windows … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Joy, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Black and White, Black and White Thinking, business, contentment, Dreams, Family, fresh air, Joy, life, Lonliness, Love, Meditation, Men, Nature, psychic, Self esteem, Self-care, Sleep, Writer, Writing
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You’ve Got to Move It, Move It!
Movement and Music = Bliss Copyright Suzanne Norton 2015
New Romantic Interest and the Alternative to Loneliness
He didn’t respond when I sent the message, I’m sad and lonely. I think I’ll go sit under the stars. So I decided to go out dancing instead. Dancing is the best remedy for sad and lonely. Who needs him anyway! … Continue reading
Posted in Dancing, Fun, Joy, Loneliness, Romance
Tagged Dancing, Fun, Joy, Loneliness, Romance
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Falling
Love is like childbirth. You forget the pain, and do it again. Copyright Suzanne Norton 2015
Posted in Divorce, Heartache, Joy, Love, Pain, Poetry
Tagged Birth, Childbirth, divorce, Falling in love, Happiness, Heartache, Joy, Love, Motherhood, Pain, poetry
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So Little Time, Weather, and Other Things….
Hi! So much to write! So little time! Notebook upon notebook full of writing. It doesn’t stop. A spigot that can’t be turned off. Tonight I sit in a coffee shop, my third writing stop. I started off in the … Continue reading
The River
The words flow like a river from my pen Never knowing when they will come to an end I write about love, about loss, about pain I write about wondering if you’ll ever come back again I write for the … Continue reading
Good Morning
I awoke with the sun in my eyes and a song in my heart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM
Is this Nirvana- Or just a good night’s sleep?
I woke up in love with myself In that happy early morning haze The place between sleep and awake The sun shining, lingering in a dreamlike state Somewhere yummy between here and there My mind/body on the way to nowhere … Continue reading
Risky Business
“It’s better to have lost in love than to never have loved at all.” What about the searing pain when love is lost? Is it worth the cost? For that powerful feeling of love. What do you think? copyright Suzanne … Continue reading