Love by Teresa Dean Smeigh
May 2017
My heart longs for thee.
Near, but oh so far away.
Glad you’re in my life.
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate for Mental and Invisible Illnesses
-Author of Articles, Stories and Poems
Nerd in the Brain – week end coffee share
Nerd in the Brain – week end coffee share where I brag about my grandson
Pull up a chair and select a beverage. I don’t drink coffee so plenty to choose from.
It we were having coffee I would tell you how proud I am of my grandson who just graduated from boot camp with a meritorious promotion to PFC. He was also the top combined recruit with CFT/PFT (one of the top 5 runners and expert marksman). I was supposed to go on the trip with my daughter, but my health raised a ruckus and it wasn’t to be.
If we were having coffee I would tell you how watching my sugars has caused me to lose weight which is a very good thing. My numbers are better under control, but still need some tweaking of meds. I also use a Fitbit now to keep track of my walking and how many steps I have walked.
And the most interesting thing is that I have refound a grade school friend and we’re both 60 now. He was my childhood sweetheart til we moved when I was about 11.
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate for Mental and Invisible Illnesses
-Author of Articles, Stories and Poems
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Haiku Horizons prompt “link” number 167
Haiku Horizons prompt “link”
Linkage- by Teresa Smeigh April 2017
A link is a link,
It will hold things together.
Do not break that link!
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate For Mental And Invisible Illnesses
-Author Of Articles, Stories And Poems
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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Apr. 29/17 – yard
The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Apr. 29/17
Yard is the word and yardstick is my choice this week. I have had a yard stick from a company where we used to live. I asked my son if he knew if it was still there. He didn’t know, but my daughter just happened to post in Facebook that it had burned down a few days later. A matter of ask a question and the universe answers it.
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate for Mental and Invisible Illnesses
-Author of Articles, Stories and Poems
Weekly Smile Week 69 – Grandson, boot camp and meritorious PFC promotion
Weekly Smile Week 69 – Grandson, boot camp and meritorious PFC promotion
I was supposed to go with my daughter to pick up her son the new US Marine. I can’t make it, but seeing a copy of the program with his name next to the PFC and it was meritorious I had to smile. I am so proud of him and he also was the highest combined CFT/PFT winner. He was the best runner in his platoon and 5 other platoons.
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate for Mental and Invisible Illnesses
-Author of Articles, Stories and Poems
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Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge # 31 – PEACE & TEAR
Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge # 31 – PEACE & TEAR
By Teresa Smeigh April 2017
Peace settled slowly
Over the dark, war-torn lands.
Tears glistened in eyes.
Three Word Wednesday 529 – Shadorma
by Teresa Smeigh April 2017
Rebel man!
Why must you sit there?
Shady tree,
Blocks the sun.
Pluck the chickens, that’s your job!
Put down the guitar.
Pluck, verb: remove, pick (off), pull (off/out), extract, take (off), pull (at), tug (at), clutch (at), snatch (at), grab, catch (at), tweak, jerk, yank, deplume, remove the feathers from, strum, pick, plunk, thrum, twang; play pizzicato; noun: courage, bravery, nerve, backbone, spine, daring, spirit, intrepidity, fearlessness, mettle, grit, true grit, determination, fortitude, resolve, stout-heartedness, dauntlessness, valor, heroism, audacity; informal guts, spunk, gumption, moxie.
Rebel, noun: revolutionary, insurgent, revolutionist, mutineer, insurrectionist, insurrectionary, guerrilla, terrorist, freedom fighter, nonconformist, dissenter, dissident, iconoclast, maverick; verb: revolt, mutiny, riot, rise up, take up arms, stage/mount a rebellion, be insubordinate, recoil, show/feel repugnance, defy, disobey, refuse to obey, kick against, challenge, oppose, resist; adjective: insurgent, revolutionary, mutinous, rebellious, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, renegade, rebellious, defiant, disobedient, insubordinate, subversive, resistant, recalcitrant; nonconformist, maverick, iconoclastic.
Shady, adjective: shaded, shadowy, dim, dark; sheltered, screened, shrouded; leafy, bosky, tenebrous, suspicious, suspect, questionable, dubious, doubtful, disreputable, untrustworthy, dishonest, devious, dishonorable, underhanded, unscrupulous, irregular, unethical, fishy, murky.
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate For Mental And Invisible Illnesses
-Author Of Articles, Stories And Poems
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Three Word Wednesday 528 – Shadorma
by Teresa Smeigh April 2017
Oafish boy!
Nameless, who is he?
Meander,
All Over.
No one wants to help him out!
Helpless, ignored, stalled.
Three Word Wednesday.: 3WW Week No. 515
Meander, verb: zigzag, wind, twist, turn, curve, curl, bend, snake, stroll, saunter, amble, wander, ramble, drift, maunder, mosey, tootle, toodle.
Nameless, adjective: unnamed, unidentified, anonymous, incognito, unspecified, unsourced, unacknowledged, uncredited; unknown, unsung, uncelebrated, unspeakable, unutterable, inexpressible, indescribable; indefinable, vague, unspecified.
Oafish, adjective: stupid, foolish, idiotic, cretinous; ungainly, loutish, awkward, clumsy, lumbering, apelike, cloddish, Neanderthal, uncouth, uncultured, boorish, rough, coarse, brutish, ill-mannered, unrefined, rough-hewn; informal blockheaded, moronic, boneheaded, half-witted, lamebrained, thickheaded.
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate For Mental And Invisible Illnesses
-Author Of Articles, Stories And Poems
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Weekly Smile Week 64 – fixed my phone myself
Weekly Smile Week 64 – fixed my phone myself
As some of you know I just had to buy a new cell phone because my old one had no storage no matter what I deleted and that included all pictures and videos.
Well the new phone started to do the same thing and was almost out of storage. Again I deleted everything and then noticed that my camera and photos were a hug amount. I panicked and got angry and then I started to think. I worked hours with 2 apple techs and several Verizon customer service reps before I then bought the new phone because my old shut down.
Well I figured it out. When you delete a picture or video on an iPhone, anyhow, it goes to another storage place in case you want to recover it. It still uses storage so I fixed the old phone and did the same thing on my new phone and now I know to delete both places.
So I smiled!
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate for Mental and Invisible Illnesses
-Author of Articles, Stories and Poems
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Three Word Wednesday 524 – Haiku
by Teresa Smeigh March 2017
Babyish, not so!
Abandoned by the wayside.
Cunning, finds his way!
Three Word Wednesday.: 3WW Week No. 524
Abandoned, adjective: deserted, forsaken, cast aside/off; jilted, stranded, rejected; informal dumped, ditched, unused, disused, neglected, idle; deserted, unoccupied, uninhabited, empty, uninhibited, reckless, unrestrained, wild, unbridled, impulsive, impetuous; immoderate, wanton.
Babyish, adjective: childish, immature, infantile, juvenile, puerile, adolescent.
Cunning, adjective: crafty, wily, artful, guileful, devious, sly, scheming, designing, calculating, Machiavellian; shrewd, astute, clever, canny; deceitful, deceptive, duplicitous, foxy; noun: guile, craftiness, deviousness, slyness, trickery, duplicity; shrewdness, astuteness.
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate For Mental And Invisible Illnesses
-Author Of Articles, Stories And Poems
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Weekly Writing Challenge #80 – Shadorma
(5) Words: | STRIPE | ABLE | BLUE | COLD | REVEAL |
by Teresa Smeigh March 2017
It is cold!
My suit is blue striped.
Open jacket,
Find black stripes.
Underneath all the blue stripes.
Back to jail if caught!
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate For Mental And Invisible Illnesses
-Author Of Articles, Stories And Poems
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RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #140-twist and shout
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #140-twist and shout
Haiku by Teresa Smeigh March 2017
Twist to the left side.
Followed by the right side too!
Shout with happiness!
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate For Mental And Invisible Illnesses
-Author Of Articles, Stories And Poems
FFfAW Challenge-Week of March 14, 2017
This week’s photo prompt is provided by Tim Livingston with the blog, The ForesterArtist. Thank you Tim for our photo prompt this week!
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Abandoned
by Teresa Smeigh March 2017
The boys were all avidly listening to the speaker. They were at a campout and it was time for ghost stories. Rudy volunteered to go first.
It was dark beyond the campfire. The boys were teasing Rudy for believing in ghosts.
“Shssh,” he said, “this is real.”
The boys all laughed, but finally settled down.
Rudy began speaking, “the Vegas family was known around the area as criminals. All of them. Most of the residents believed them, but one family, Mr. and Mrs. Stein scoffed at the stories. One day they disappeared in their old car. They were never found.”
The boys started laughing again and teasing Rudy. The leader was trying to settle them all down when right near them in the woods, lights turned on and a motor started to run.
The leader was laughing until the car started out of the woods and headed right towards him. He ran after the boys
Rudy’s older brother Randy roared with laughter, then abandoned the old rusty car.
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Three Word Wednesday 522 – Shadorma
by Teresa Smeigh March 2017
Twas painful!
Hands tied behind back.
Shifty look,
Raspy voice.
Others joined the group of men,
Plans were being made.
Three Word Wednesday.: 3WW Week No. 522
Painful, adjective: sore, hurting, tender, aching, throbbing, angry, disagreeable, unpleasant, nasty, bitter, distressing, upsetting, traumatic, miserable, sad, heartbreaking, agonizing, harrowing.
Raspy, adjective: hoarse or harsh-sounding.
Shifty, adjective: devious, evasive, slippery, duplicitous, false, deceitful, underhanded, untrustworthy, dishonest, shady, wily, crafty, tricky, sneaky, treacherous, artful, sly, scheming, snide.
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate For Mental And Invisible Illnesses
-Author Of Articles, Stories And Poems
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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS March 11, 2017 – Short
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “short.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
Short is a bad word to me. I am only 4′ 11″ tall and called shortie most of my life.
I am still withdrawing from my psych meds, not illegal ones. I am not a junkie. 🙂 On drug 3 and the final one.
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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS March 11, 2017 – Short
You’re reading this either because you are a follower of my blog or you’re a follower of Linda G Hill’s “Stream of Consciousness Saturday.” It doesn’t matter which, the point is you are following it. You might even want to write your own post on this prompt which comes out as a reminder every Friday.
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate For Mental And Invisible Illnesses
-Author Of Articles, Stories And Poems
Three Word Wednesday 521 – Shadorma
by Teresa Smeigh March 2017
Just a nod!
He’s mischievous.
Call him here.
Discipline.
Needs obedience training!
Won’t stop barking now!
Three Word Wednesday.: 3WW Week No. 521
Mischievous, adjective: naughty, badly behaved, misbehaving, disobedient, troublesome, full of mischief; rascally, roguish, playful, teasing, wicked, impish, roguish, arch.
Nod, verb: incline, bob, bow, dip, signal, gesture, gesticulate, motion, sign, indicate; noun: signal, indication, sign, cue; gesture, inclination, bob, bow, dip, approval, selection, sanction, endorsement; informal OK, A-OK, green light, thumbs up.
Obedience, noun: compliance, acquiescence, tractability, amenability; dutifulness, duty, deference, observance of the law/rules; submissiveness, submission, conformity, docility, tameness, subservience, obsequiousness, servility.
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate For Mental And Invisible Illnesses
-Author Of Articles, Stories And Poems
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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Feb 25, 2017 – How
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “how.” Start your post with the word “How.” Bonus points if you end with it too. Enjoy!
How do you withdrawal from drugs? Painfully that is how!
I am withdrawing from my psych meds, not illegal ones. I am not a junkie. 🙂
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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Feb 25/17
You’re reading this either because you are a follower of my blog or you’re a follower of Linda G Hill’s “Stream of Consciousness Saturday.” It doesn’t matter which, the point is you are following it. You might even want to write your own post on this prompt which comes out as a reminder every Friday.
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate For Mental And Invisible Illnesses
-Author Of Articles, Stories And Poems
Weekend Coffee Share at www.nerdinthebrain.com – drug withdrawal and YouTube
Weekend Coffee Share at www.nerdinthebrain.com – drug withdrawal and YouTube
If we were having coffee, I would be having tea or a soda. I don’t drink coffee. I would explain why I haven’t been around much. Thing is I have been around on www.tessacandoit.com.
I have been in video form. I became obsessed with YouTube and started my own channel. It is linked to my other blog noted above. Every day I have been having a new vlog on YouTube and post the video to the blog itself. If anyone wants to check out my channel and subscribe to it, go to YouTube and in the search box put my name “Teresa Smeigh” and my channel should come up with all the videos I have made. At first I worried about how I sound because I stumble over words, forget what I want to say, etc. However, it is easier than typing and trying to make it look perfect. I am not anywhere near perfect and suffer from loss of cognitive skills which you may not notice in a typed blog. I have trouble remembering how to type. This is the most typing I have done in a while.
I would also tell you that I am in the process of withdrawing from my psyche meds for my bipolar and borderline personality disorder. One down and it was a doozy to wean off of. Now I have started the second one. So far not as hard as the Cymbalta was. If you notice a personality change it is probably the drugs. I have been off the drugs more than I have been on them and I hope it helps some of the problems I have been having.
I noticed the change in venue thanks to Trent’s post.
God bless you all!
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate for Mental and Invisible Illnesses
-Author of Articles, Stories and Poems
Light and Shade Challenge, Our Write Side – February 14, 2017
I wrote this last week for another prompt and I think it also fits “Wicked Meandering” and so I am combining them with a few changes.
Our Write Side’s Master Class
Light and Shade Challenge
Image from WikiCommons, taken by Miroslav Olszewski and used under the Creative Commons Agreement
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“Wicked Meandering“
by Teresa Smeigh February 2017
Large meadows, a stand of trees and mountains in the distance. This is the village Gracie and Joanie decided to visit first. They planned to hike the area, meandering wherever they wanted to go.
The villagers weren’t happy. They tried to talk them out of it, but the girls were determined to hike the area and explore.
The Villagers insisted they stay on the main road only. They tried to stop them one more time and then they shut up. The girls made it clear they were going. They left the situation with a sort of ANXIOUS PEACE.
They started early the next morning. Carefully cleaning up their camp site before they left.
The flowers in the meadow were exquisite. It seemed like all the colors in the rainbow.
They walked for a while before they spotted a building off in the distance. They had already forgotten the rules the villagers set. They walked a little further looking for a path over there. They were going even if they had to walk through the flowers.
Eventually they came across a small break in the meadow. It seemed to head towards the building. So off they started.
As they came close they noticed this must be the back of the building as there was only one window with bars on it. Continuing their sightseeing they came closer to the building. They slowed down and snapped a few pictures of the back and then headed around the building to the front.
As they came around the corner they were met with a guy aiming a gun at them. They stopped immediately and looked at each other. They glanced at the front and there was a door and another window with bars on it.
Gracie started to ask if they could look inside and he told her to be quiet and listen. Tresspassers were unwelcome and would be dealt with accordingly.
Both girls looked at the gun uneasily. They wondered what he meant.
“You have breached the end of the world,” he said. “Your choices are to be shot after my friends hunt you down and bring you back or you can step inside the building and take your chances with what was inside.”
They looked at each other, tired and dirty. Maybe they could wash up in there. Maybe there was a friendly woman inside. They chose the building.
Stepping over the threshold, there was a sudden flash and bang and the girls were gone.
Agar, the village head, said, “They didn’t listen and wondered off. Why don’t they listen? Why must they all WICKEDLY MEANDER when warned?”
The booms continued as the girls moved from dimension to dimension. Gone forever.
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Light and Shade Challenge
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The Master Class has returned! Every week, I will introduce you to three prompts. Choose one, write about it, link up, and move to the head of the class. It’s that simple.
The rules:
- Read the prompts.
- Write a story answering the prompt. This can mean you use the prompt as your title, somewhere in your story, or as the idea.
- Please share the prompt you chose.
- Share the url to your story in the comments OR, if you don’t have your own blog, share your story in the comments. Either way, it will be promoted.
- Please keep your stories pg-13 or under since this is a public page. Add trigger warnings where necessary. Keep vulgarity to a minimum.
- Think outside the box. These prompts are meant to challenge you.
- Have FUN!
Your prompts for this week:
- Wicked Meandering
- Professional Dummy
- Anxious Peace
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate for Mental and Invisible Illnesses
-Author of Articles, Stories and Poems
#WeekendCoffeeShare: Still Withdrawing
#WeekendCoffeeShare: Still Withdrawing
Thank you for stopping by for coffee or tea. I have spent the last 2 weeks withdrawing from Cymbalta. Still don’t feel too well and have 2 more to withdraw from. I don’t know how long this whole event is going to take.
I haven’t done much because in addition to the withdrawal the teeth and gums started to hurt something serious. I just spent $400 on dental work and one more cleaning to go. No dental insurance for last 7 years.
Have a great week and God bless everyone.
Teresa (Tessa) Dean Smeigh
-Advocate For Mental And Invisible Illnesses
-Author Of Articles, Stories And Poems
