Novel Allen
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You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.
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Do we sacrifice everything for our children.
Alice spent every waking moment caring for her only child---she worried when he was born, she worried when as a toddler he skinned his knee, she worried when he cried too long. And though no one ever said anything aloud, everyone in town behaved as though her worry was a kind of weather: something you adjusted to, something you didn’t disturb.
By Novel Allenabout 11 hours ago in Fiction
Wedding Toast woes.
"Cheers Violet. I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. I can't believe you invited me to this wedding...is it to rub my face in your success at nabbing Guy. He doesn't even remember me. But I was the first one he managed to fool...He tried to marry me, but I found out just in time that he has a family back in Africa. So when you stole him from me...hahaha, you unwittingly did me a favor. He is trying to gain citizenship by using any willing female whom he can bamboozle.
By Novel Allen6 days ago in Writers
When we shook the apple tree
The gates of Eden have long been locked away from human eyes. Centuries have passed without incident. One day, without warning, a mighty storm gathered over the garden itself. A terrible wind blew the vines and limbs loose, exposing the gates to prying eyes. Myron and Mirah, out for a stroll and trying to seek shelter from the deluge, discovered the gate and pried it open. Time had rendered it loose and it easily fell open.
By Novel Allen6 days ago in Fiction
A Convening of Heaven's Conference Table.
"There will never be any peace...until God is seated at the conference table". (The ChiLites, 1973). "Hear ye. Hear ye. By the power of the All Seeing and Unseen, I thus make this holy proclamation to declare, affirm and acknowledge that...
By Novel Allen9 days ago in Fiction
Watching The Total Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon...March 3rd 2026.
By a stroke of good luck - I just happened to be in Colorado to watch (or squint) at the 2026 Lunar Eclipse in the wee hours of the morning. It was freezing cold, but who can resist the beautiful Rocky Mountain peaks as the antics in the sky compete with dawn. The advent of morning grudgingly pausing in its beginning of yawning awake.
By Novel Allen11 days ago in Wander
