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Bread & With It
"Gram, what's for dinner?" I'd ask.
"Bread and with it," she'd say with a smile.
I never knew what I would get, but I knew it would be delicious.
WRITING SMALL: my "spring fling" entry
I am delighted to share with you, the 150-word story I just submitted to Ciara O’Neal, and Kaitlyn Sanchez' Spring Fling KidLit writing...
Cathy Stenquist
Apr 2, 20222 min read
Well Done, My Good and Faithful Servant
I didn't expect to be crying at breakfast this morning about someone I have never met, but the passing of beautiful @Nightbirde has...
Cathy Stenquist
Feb 22, 20223 min read
"Cathy, you can do everything you want to do in life, but just not at the same time"
- Wisdom from my mother, Nancy Act One: Dreams in the Making I think I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I loved words and expressing...
Cathy Stenquist
Jan 29, 20225 min read
The Seed that Grows
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Cathy Stenquist
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Sweet Honey
Me: Good morning, Honey. Honey: Hey there, Grammie. Me: I am excited to share the story behind your illustration in "Forever Home."...
Cathy Stenquist
Jan 5, 20223 min read
It was Time...
As all forever families know, there comes a time when your pet is suffering and because you love them, the hardest of decisions is made....
Cathy Stenquist
Nov 20, 20214 min read
Strangers to Family
I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost. Than never to have loved at all....
Cathy Stenquist
Oct 28, 20214 min read
I'm not crazy... i'm brave
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Cathy Stenquist
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Saying Yes to the Dress
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Cathy Stenquist
Aug 17, 20213 min read
I'll let you in on a little secret...
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Cathy Stenquist
Jul 21, 20213 min read
The Associative Principle
I think I have found the new form of writing I have been waiting for. - Free Verse Poetry- Unlike Haiku or Tanka or many other forms of...
Cathy Stenquist
Jun 10, 20212 min read
Lost Letters Found
I lifted yet another cardboard box filled with memorabilia onto her dining room table. Even though my sister Diane and I knew we were...
Cathy Stenquist
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The Flow
When you are a caregiver for two years and your mother passes away, it is nearly impossible to get in the mindset to write a children's...
Cathy Stenquist
Apr 25, 20212 min read
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