Tag Archives: change

I Refuse to Like Country Music, I Refuse.

Posted on April 5, 2013 by wvrealtoramy

It frustrates my husband that I won’t become a country music fan. I can be slightly flexible, I love Rascal Flatts, I can hang in for a few Toby Keith songs, I think that tall guy that judges on the … Continue reading →

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My Springtime Thank Yous

Posted on March 8, 2013 by wvrealtoramy

Spring is near. Which makes me feel hopeful. I’m not a fan of winter. As a matter of fact, I don’t like it at all. I don’t like being cold, I don’t like snow, truth be told, I don’t even … Continue reading →

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I’m Not Happy, But I’m Not Sick, Either.

Posted on February 11, 2013 by wvrealtoramy

I get asked the same question often by well-meaning people who knew my family, who know my mother has passed, and also know my father has remarried. The question is always the same: Remarried? Oh, how nice. Are you happy, … Continue reading →

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My Mineral County Story

Posted on February 7, 2013 by wvrealtoramy

Below is a copy of the article released by the Mineral Daily News that I submitted for part of the Mineral County Day publication. Below that is my additional commentary that’s just for kicks (feel free to skim): All worthwhile … Continue reading →

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Some Rules for It

Posted on January 15, 2013 by wvrealtoramy

Sometimes the ideas that tap dance around my head are worth a full-blown exploration, other times it’s just some facts to put out there, statements of belief, nuggets of current truths. Like these 5 for example: Leave it alone. Some things … Continue reading →

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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Mystery Solved.

Posted on December 31, 2012 by wvrealtoramy

I’ve spent a lot of time writing and pondering the loss of my mother. I was young, she was young, it seems so harsh to live so long without her. And so I have spent countless hours feeling sad for … Continue reading →

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Oh the Places We’ll Go

Posted on November 12, 2012 by wvrealtoramy

It’s very possible I don’t know a damn thing. I spout off a lot. And with technology making the world small, I spout off and some people who know me listen and even people who don’t know me listen. Some of … Continue reading →

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Silly Girl, Snarky is just who you are.

Posted on October 12, 2012 by wvrealtoramy

There was a time I would tell myself that people who didn’t like me just didn’t know me, they didn’t understand my sense of humor. There was even a time when finding out that someone in particular didn’t like me … Continue reading →

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Peaks and Pom-Poms

Posted on October 8, 2012 by wvrealtoramy

I have a vivid memory of a girl that I absolutely adored when I was just old enough to lift a pom-pom but still young enough to be treated like a mascot by the 14 year olds that wore the … Continue reading →

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And so it is over. Not because it had to be, but because it was time.

Posted on September 6, 2012 by wvrealtoramy

You will find it necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. C. JoyBell C. Remember the last time you roller skated. Clunky and heavy, the feel of the extra weight on your feet became … Continue reading →