Category Archives: Addiction

“Grief Waits” – Original Poetry by Toni Love

Posted on March 4, 2015 by

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 →

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Memories of a War Veteran..I have not forgotten

Posted on May 26, 2014 by

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 →

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Keeping it Real – Original Poetry 12/15/13

Posted on December 16, 2013 by

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 →

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So Deep, Part Two – Original Poetry

Posted on July 20, 2013 by

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 →

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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 on March 16, 2013 by
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Sick and Tired; Confessions of a Reformed Junk Food Junkie

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

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 →

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But for the Grace…

Posted on December 16, 2012 by

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 →

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