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Jacque Watkins

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Wrung

by Jacque Watkins

 Motherhood wrings me… some days less than others. But always some wringing…  And the water gushes and drips,   Photo by Todd Baker ALWAYS a constant falling of water…

Grateful…

by Jacque Watkins

Today I’m joining Lisa-Jo over at her site to take five minutes and just write without worrying if it’s just right or not. The challenge is to write for 5 minutes flat with no editing, tweaking or self critiquing, with the prompt she gives. And today, her prompt: Grateful…. GO! Grateful for my hard-working husband and his […]

The Grace Giver

by Jacque Watkins

I still feel it like it was yesterday. Memories sear hearts. She had been my friend. My familiar friend. My close friend. The pain.  Memories still ringing, resonating in the deepest rooms of my heart…in rooms I don’t visit often and where cobwebs reside and where time has run past… But still, aching resides there, echoes of the […]

Writing IS Talking

by Jacque Watkins

  If you would have ever told me I would choose to write, voluntarily, I would not have believed you. I’m a biology graduate, a registered nurse, always a lover of math and science…thrilled by predictability, calculation, and the scientific process. I never did enjoy English or Literature classes. In fact, I celebrated the day my […]

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Hi and welcome! I'm a Grace-clinger, Mercy-lover, wife, and mom to five ... a writer, part-time labor & delivery nurse, and podcaster of Mud Stories, who believes we are so very loved, and never, ever alone! I'm so very glad you're here! Read more about me here...

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