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Running in Slippers- Now available for purchase! Link in bio

Running in Slippers is a totally raw and vulnerable story about how I plummeted into despair after a failed relationship and the death of my father, taking you through the cringeworthy rollercoaster of misguided attempts to fill the voids.

What you don't see in my Instagram grid are the failures, struggles, imperfections, and deep emotions of real life. Even in real life, I often wear a mask because I want to seem like I have it all together because, if I don’t, I put myself at risk to be rejected and unaccepted.

It feels terrifying to allow my deepest, authentic self to be seen, but that is exactly why I am doing it: to break out of the masks and encourage connection through vulnerability.

You can get a copy by visiting the link in my bio @sowhathappenedhere

Allow yourself to be seen ☀️

#runninginslippers

Coming soon! I received my proof copy of Running

Coming soon!

I received my proof copy of Running in Slippers yesterday and I am so proud to hold it in my hands. I put my heart and soul into this book for the past year and a half and it's scary as shit to allow myself to be seen in a way that I never have before. Running in Slippers is my journey to authenticity and is like a train wreck you can't look away from.

We can do anything we want to do and we can survive anything. You don't have to know what the hell you are doing in life- just show up, figure it out, and don't be afraid to make a ton of mistakes.

Oh yeah, and shine ☀️

#runninginslippers

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Link in bio 🧐🏈📕
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Ken’s career was lit
in 1981. Lead
salesman, floppy disks.

His 8-inch lovers
made it rain. I’m talking disk
size, of course (maybe).

Big disk energy
lasted until the smaller,
harder kind arrived.

Ken couldn’t pull off
3.5-inch sales. He swung
in new direction.

He faxed resume
and made cold landline phone calls
for another job.

Blockbuster store head
manager. The weekends were
poppin’ with rentals.

He bled yellow and
blue, hustlin’ the VHS
tapes every damn day.

Until the waves of
change introduced DVDs,
streaming. Less rentals.

Obsoletion can
suck Ken’s disk. He could not be
thwarted. Next new job….
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Inspired by Pee Wee,
Ray learned a practical skill
set as a young boy.
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How to diffuse a
tense situation with dance
moves and snazzy shoes.
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It started when his
parents argued and moved through
his schooling era.
.
Not only did it
diffuse tension, he loved to
dance! His soul's desire.
.
And his collection
of shoes: glitter, platform, suede.
He had shoes galore.
.
But as his friends joined
football and sports, there was a
much larger divide.
.
They mocked him, called him
feminine among other
unmentionables.
.
Jaded by the taunts,
he dimmed his light to fit in
and repressed dancing.
.
Jock he became and
so began a life of blah.
Not really happy.
.
But not knowing why.
Then came anxiety, rage,
depression, sadness.
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As a child, Roger
was an enthusiastic
Looney Tunes viewer.
.
The Merry-Go-Round
Broke Down song, his Pavlov bell.
Conditioned to trance.
.
But this addiction
fueled his fear of injury
via piano.
.
He wasn't afraid
of dying. Oh no, the worst
part was surviving.
.
And living with a
protruding bump on top of
his sensitive head.
.
And his teeth transformed
into the pearly white and
black piano keys.
.
Just how he witnessed
it happen to Sylvester
the Cat and Wylie.
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📸 @kellymaurica.writes To find out the full st

📸 @kellymaurica.writes

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Meanwhile, the Drug Lord
is furious about the
Lego bricks. Discards.
.
He puts them outside
with a “Free” sign. The karmic
Lego cycle starts.
.
Paul picks them up for
his kids, who regrettably
don’t pick them up. Ouch.
.
Paul sprains his ankle
walking over tortuous
bed of sharp plastic.
.
He puts them outside
with a “Free” sign. The cycle
gains some momentum.
.
They catch Michael’s eye.
He’s thrifty and crafty. Builds
bouquet of roses.
.
His high-maintenance
wife is not impressed and files
for divorce. Too harsh?
.
Not really. He bought
his mistress the real deal and
was caught red-handed.
.
He puts them outside
with a “Free” sign. The karmic
loop is spiraling.
.
Plastic-free Jan’s eyes
burn at the sight of plastic
toys in plastic bags.
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This is the introduction from my book, Running in

This is the introduction from my book, Running in Slippers! Sign up to get exclusive release updates! Link in bio 🌞

It's a story about how I plummeted into despair after a failed relationship and the death of my father, taking you through the totally raw and vulnerable rollercoaster of severely misguided attempts to fill the voids, reading like a train wreck that you can't look away from.

Between social masks, social media facades, and the COVID pandemic, our society has become increasingly disconnected. Much of what we see in-person and online is profoundly filtered and edited. What we don't see are the everyday struggles and imperfections of real life.

It feels terrifying to allow our deepest, authentic selves to be seen, and possibly rejected, but that is exactly why I am doing it: to break out of the masks and encourage connection through vulnerability.

#runninginslippers

To find out the full story about what happened her

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Lily, Hazel, and
Brooke are on some real hot girl
shit, like witches do.
.
With fire rituals
and mixing batches of spells
in bubbling cauldron.
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But the daily spells
are getting mundane. Lily
wants to stir the pot.
.
In a catty way.
She’s going to stir cauldron
to cause some drama.
.
She invents a new
spell to cast on Hazel’s long-
time boyfriend, Francis.
.
To make dear Francis
fall in love with Brooke instead.
The cauldron rumbles.
.
But the recipe
has a minor mistake: one
cat whisker, not two.
.
Plus, it was from a
mixed breed black cat, not purebred.
Ok, two mistakes.
.
Instead of falling
in love with Brooke, Francis falls
in a brook. And drowns.
.
His soul is full of
resentment. He vows to haunt
the brook forever.
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Desperate to lose
weight, Deb needs to kick cookie
binges. Tries quick fix.
.
Hypnotherapy.
During the session, deep in
trance, doctor’s phone rings.
.
Not on airplane mode,
his wife's custom ringtone floods
quiet office space.
.
Opposites Attract
by Paula Abdul (concert
where they fell in love).
.
The ringtone knocks Deb
out of trance, but the cravings
are gone. Session worked!
.
But now Deb has a
new craving. Paula Abdul
music (who doesn't??).
.
She needs to make it
a whole vibe so she buys a
Discman and CDs.
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The eBay seller,
Peter, cross-dresses in large
Girl Scout uniforms.
.
(For political
reasons.) His sold goods are from
after his arrest.
.
In the 90s, he
was arrested for celeb
stalking dear Paula.
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After mailing stuffs
to Deb, he feels a void. Straight
up seller’s remorse.
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📸 @kellymaurica.writes

To find out the full story about what happened here, visit sowhathappenedhere.com! Haiku backstories to explain random street findings! Link in bio 🧐💼🥫
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After pandemic
induced opium harvest
slump, Dan suffers angst.
.
His illegal drug
production operation
supply chain breaks down.
.
Shortages, increase
in prices, reduction in
purity, hits hard.
.
No more making it
rain, Dan holds his stack of cash
and ponders future.
.
Marketable skills
for licit work, he has none.
COVID still full force.
.
He settles for a
job transfer trafficking drugs.
High risk, high reward.
.
Especially air
trafficking. Dan receives first
travel assignment.
.
He is to pick up
red suitcase off carousel
4 at JFK.
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What's your favorite canned good? Mine is green beans!

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Blair, DIY-er
at heart, attempting her own
Brazilian wax.
.
But she ordered too
much wax on Amazon. Full
body wax ensues.
.
There is still a lot
left, so she orders a book
on candle making.
.
Specifically,
how to make the wicks. At last,
Wiccan book arrives.
.
But wait, this book is
about witch spells. She opens
to beauty chapter.
.
Blair has always been
self-conscious about her large
forehead. Could this help?
.
She’s especially
intrigued because she knows why
witches ride broomsticks.
.
(Google it.) Alas,
that is not in the book. She
preps the beauty spell.
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*New format- this post only* I attended an online

*New format- this post only*

I attended an online workshop last week hosted by @hocusreadings. It's based on writing prompts from Tarot cards. This short story (full version on sowhathappenedhere.com, link in bio) is the first draft that I wrote in the workshop for 5 cards, 15 minutes of writing time for each card. It was super fun and creative! Highly recommend!
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Helen is orchestrating the hired help for Giselle’s daughter’s wedding. The Band-Aid on her hand conceals the evidence of her afternoon at the skate park. If Giselle and the other ladies of Poppy Grove knew about her underground hobby, she would be banned for life as a socialite and head organizer of events for high society. Daniel wouldn’t mind. He thinks she should be spending more time at home with the kids anyway. He doesn’t understand her desire to be productive within the community.

Helen brushes her perfectly groomed, platinum blonde hair behind her ear as she reminisces about Mark, her high school sweetheart. She has thought about him every day since they broke up. Daniel is nice and all, but she only chose him for the money, a decision she deeply regrets. What would have been with Mark?

“Oh, I see you chose copper...again...for the plate chargers.”

Helen can tell by Mary Ann’s comment that she is not pleased with the repeat color palette. Can these women ever be pleased? She was just trying to be cost-efficient and use what they already had. Plus, Helen does all the work, but these women don’t have budgets and she is at her wit’s end. She wants to be free. She wants to be skateboarding while the kids are in school. She wants Mark.

What would Kylee and Ethan look like if Mark were their father? But Daniel couldn’t survive without her, he’s too unorganized.
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📸 @ralphwalin
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Mary completes mixed
media wall while Rosie
turns to horse riding.
.
Never mind lessons.
First priority, proper
attire, riding boots.
.
She buys two pair of
boots, one with lace accent, the
other darker brown.
.
Rosie hitches a
trailer to the back of her
trusty CRV.
.
On the way to pick
up horse, she stops at Starbucks.
Pulls into a stall.
.
One small problem. She
doesn't know how to back that
thing up (the trailer).
.
She walks the rest of
the way to the barn and mounts
Italian stallion.
.
And then a horse. A
literal pain in the butt,
she ditches horse life.
.
Mary has fixed the
trailer fiasco, Rosie
drives CRV home.
.
Boots mix manure with
the residue of other
abandoned hobbies.
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Despite having a
man's name herself, Billie is
man-hater at heart.
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It all goes back to
a situation in year
1998.
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With an ex-boyfriend,
involving a striped sweater
at the mall (The Gap).
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She became fiercely
independent, never to
rely on a man.
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She changes her own
oil, remodels her bathroom,
opens pickle jars.
.
Changes lightbulbs. But
after changing a bulb one
day, still doesn't work.
.
She re-wires all of
the electricity in
her home. Still not fixed.
.
Fixture doesn't work
at all now. Surely not from
her total redo.
.
Electric supply
must be to blame. Doesn't dare
call the supplier.
.
She knows electric
company will send a MAN
to inspect issue.
.
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And no it's not about haiku backstories, it's a pe

And no it's not about haiku backstories, it's a personal journey. This is an excerpt from the chapter about my 3 week dog sitting trip in Guam. Back to regularly scheduled content soon!
#runninginslippers

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Richard's girlfriend, Brit,
highest maintenance of all,
demands birthday cake.
.
A strawberry cake
with green icing. Perfect and
homemade it must be.
.
Google searches are
full of recipes, but not
up to Brit’s standards.
.
He goes underground
on the dark web to purchase
perfect formula.
.
Seller sends a link.
It’s only available
for 24 hours.
.
It's allegedly
the best ever strawberry
cake baking secret.
.
It's worth the money.
Or so it seems at first. It's
a lot of effort.
.
Richard is concerned
that it might take 24
whole hours to prepare.
.
After 23
hours of shopping, blood, sweat, and
tears, he pulls it off!
.
Tops it off with a
plastic happy birthday as
weblink vanishes.
.
One small problem. The
wave forecast is epic this
morning. He must surf.
.
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📸 @ralphwalin

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With Olympic life
behind her, she needs a new
job for a paycheck.
.
Her skin is wrecked from
years of training in the cold.
Solution is clear.
.
A Spa Manager.
Free facials and a chance for
#1 in sales.
.
She scores a job at
a new five-star luxury
boutique hotel spa!
.
In addition to
spa operations, observes
hotel’s ins and outs.
.
The restaurant schedule,
housekeeping, fitness center,
concierge help desk.
.
And deliveries.
Kevin, the UPS man,
is quite attractive.
.
Booty looks fine in
brown Dickies. And the way he
handles that dolly…
.
Allie gets a hot
flash just thinking about it.
Not so fast, Allie.
.
The fake redhead at
check-in has already got
her claws in Kevin.
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Mike, college student,
finds a black dot on his face.
Consults WebMD.
.
Skin cancer! Mike sends
goodbye text to his parents.
Looks in the mirror.
.
He squeezes the dot
and it turns out to be a
blackhead, not cancer.
.
After calming down
the parents, this health scare gives
him new lease on life.
.
Health kick begins! Eats
healthy, joins gym, starts taking
shit load vitamins.
.
Probiotic, milk
thistle, horny goat weed, and
ginkgo biloba.
.
Even applies for
a job at gym in exchange
for free member dues.
.
He's accepted! But
first, they require urine drug
test to seal the deal.
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Jane, a blogger on
the frugality lifestyle,
publishes new post.
.
On how to make your
leftovers last at least ten
whole days in a row!
.
Powers off laptop
and heads out for a workout.
Not at the gym though.
.
She's too cheap, I mean
frugal, for a membership
or workout sneakers.
.
So, she parkours in
the park across the street, sans
protection for feet.
.
Her skill level is
basic, but she has drive. This
workout must be free!
.
Her amateur moves
cause bystanders to cringe, but
“It's no cost!” Jane yells.
.
Her grand finale
stretch brings a jungle gym and
mature Douglas Fir.
.
Not the tree. There is
an old man named Douglas Fir
sitting on a bench.
.
But Jane never has
to wonder how she is to
bound over Douglas.
.
Because as she jumps
off jungle gym, her bare feet
are shock absorption.
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Francois got kicked out
of fashion design school for
pilfering fabric.
.
He can't help himself
around herringbone pattern!
But he doesn't fret.
.
He was recently
met with lush inheritance
from Grandpa Morgan.
.
He no longer HAS
to work but needs something to
supplement habits.
.
He has designer
taste on a healthy, yet not
abundant, budget.
.
To honor his late
grandfather, of the butcher
trade, he gets same job.
.
At the neighborhood
meat market. Sporting
Christian Louboutin.
.
Red bottoms and a
Gucci smock. He slays outfit
(and the daily meats).
.
Walking home from work
one day, he notices an
atrocious eye sore.
.
A creeper wearing
black orthopedic shoes and
80s knee-high socks.
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