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Category Archives: Addiction
“Grief Waits” – Original Poetry by Toni Love
This was written a few weeks after my father transitioned, not for sympathy but to support the little girl inside yearning to tell her story. Not sure I’m finished with it, but here it is: Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, African American Parenting, Children, Grief, Health and wellness, Hope, Life After 40, Loss, Parenting, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Single Parenting
Tagged ancestors, Childhood, Children, Depression in Children, Grief, grief and loss, inner child, life after loss, loss, original poetry, parenting and grief, Philly poet, poetry, rediscovering yourself, Single Parenting, Toni Love
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Memories of a War Veteran..I have not forgotten
My Uncle was a Vietnam War Veteran. He was fortunate to be one of the ones to come home alive, but the person who left never really came home. He was sad, he was depressed, he struggled with the choices he was forced to make at war and never really felt comfortable in his skin when he came home. He was a walking casualty of war. Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Black Families, Grief, Health and wellness, Holidays, Hope, Loss, love, Peace
Tagged African American War Veterans, Childhood, loss, Memorial Day, Memories, Peace, PTSD, raw emotions, Remembering Vietnam Veterans, Untreated Depression in Veterans, Vietnam Veterans, Vietnam War
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Keeping it Real – Original Poetry 12/15/13
Will the calls and cards and letters
Soak up every grief-stained tear
Will his grandchildren cease to miss him
At graduations and weddings from year to year Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Children, Health and wellness, Holidays, Life After 40, love, Poetry, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged Daddy's girl, emotions, Grief, grieving, loss, mourning, poetry, Toni Love, transitions
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So Deep, Part Two – Original Poetry
Is love really supposed to feel this way
Entranced yet terrified that it could just as easily go astray
Don’t want to admit how in love I am with you today
So I close my eyes and pray that your love will always stay
So deep Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Health and wellness, Keeping the Love Alive, Life After 40, love, Passion, Peace, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged Love, poems, poetry
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Watch my debut with the Peace, Love and Poetry ensemble. “”Just a Little Thank You Note” @ WCL in Delaware” on YouTube
Posted in Addiction, Health and wellness, Life After 40, love, Oprah's Life Class, Passion, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged Just a Little Thank You Note, Love, Love and Poetry, love poems, Open Mic Poetry, Peace, Peace Love and Poetry, PLP, poetry, Reclaiming Ourselves, relationships, Soul Opera, Thank You Note Poem, Toni Love, World Cafe Live at the Queen
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Sick and Tired; Confessions of a Reformed Junk Food Junkie
As an independent mom, I found myself the past few years relying on the fast food restaurants way too much. It was so easy as we rushed from one after school activity to another to just drive through somebody’s window, order, and shovel it in, in the car on the way to the next place. My kids loved it, and I’m not sure if they were more addicted to the food or the toys. I had a lot less dishes to wash, and could spend more time with the kids, so it seemed like a win-win situation. Continue reading
But for the Grace…
I know there’s been so much that’s already been said about the senseless killings of the Sandy Hook Elementary School children and staff, and so many early judgements about the killer, his family and why it happened. But I feel … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Health and wellness, Holidays, Life After 40, Oprah's Life Class, Parenting, Peace, Single Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged Children, Connecticut Shooting, Depression in Children, Divorce, Emotions and the Gifted, God's Grace, Mental Health, Parenting, Sandy Hook Elementary, Single Parenting
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