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Letter to a Broken Heart
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I sit in front of my computer. I open my e-mails one by one. I get to my friend “Kiki’s.” Her pain jumps out at me. Her words tired and aching. It is a broken heart that writes me this morning. So I type my response. MY LETTER TO A BROKEN HEART: I am so…
The Power of Words to Unstick a Heart
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I surf Pinterest in between sips of coffee. My ‘quote habit’ sucks me in. I reserve this addiction for the same space I save animal videos. Why? I usually can’t stop myself from looking. I am a writer with writer obsessions, things like pens and pretty paper. In fact, REALLY pretty pens make me as…
Are You Hiding Your Scars?
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I just read a quote on Pinterest. “When you refuse to hide your scars they become a lighthouse for someone else” – Jon Acuff I think people who are divorcing want to hide their scars more than most. There is somehow a ridiculously, undeserved shame to failing at marriage. In other aspects of life, failures…
Divorce: When Smiles Peek Through The Tears
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I jump out of the car. I fill my tank up with gas and make my way over to the nearby Starbucks. I’m in and out in a hurry. My Trenta green iced tea in hand. As I start to pull away, I spot my friend who I will call “LuLu.” “Lulu” is chatting away…
Are You Strong or Weak?
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
There have been so very many times since I began this divorce process that I have felt weak. So weak, that I have wondered what I am made of. Do I have what it takes to be a single parent? Do I have what it takes to support all of us? Do I have what…
6 Reasons to Believe All Things Are Possible
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
On my last Birthday, my son Billy instagramed a pic of me and him with the caption, “Happy Birthday to a woman who for some reason believes all things are possible.” It gave me pause. You never really know how you are seen through the lens of another. It also made me happy. I have…
12 Quotes To Inspire Your Dreams
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.” – Mary Oliver “Set out each day believing in your dreams. Know without a doubt that you were made for amazing things.” – Josh Hinds “Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of yours.” – enjoy-loving-quotes.tumblr.com “You’re never too old to…
12 Quotes on Loving Yourself
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
“When she transformed into a butterfly, the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty, but of her weirdness. They wanted her to change back into what she had always been. But she had wings.” – Dean Jackson “The things that make me different are the things that make me.” – Winnie the Pooh “Today you are…
The Kind of Friend I am
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
It is late. I fidget as I try to fall asleep..picking up my phone here and there. This is my new routine. This is what the stress of divorce has done to my nights. A text pops up. I read it and tell myself not to cry. It’s not a bad text. It’s actually a…
What Kindness and Confidence Have in Common
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
No writer wants to really believe less is more. We truthfully just want to keep verbalizing and externalizing to our hearts content. Only, as always, a short and powerful thought can knock out a verbose heavyweight. When life makes us vulnerable we rely on the kindness of others in a way we never before imagined.…
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