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Inspiration

Book Review: "Just Tell Me I'm Pretty"

Book Review: “Just Tell Me I’m Pretty”

2018-09-10
By: Live by Surprise
On: September 10, 2018
In: Book Reviews, Inspiration
With: 0 Comments

Have you ever read a book that felt like a long catch-up chat with an old friend? You know the one where you drink a little tea, and later some wine…there’s a lot of laughter…and a few tears…and sometimes both at the very same time. On my summer reading listContinue Reading

Unpacking Emotional Baggage - A Love Story

Unpacking Emotional Baggage – A Love Story

2018-06-01
By: Live by Surprise
On: June 1, 2018
In: Divorce, Inspiration
With: 1 Comment

I have a girlfriend that I’ve known for over ten years.  We worked together in the same office for a time. It was a difficult office – our boss was a bit of a tyrant, and as a result, a number of us grew quite close and have had friendshipsContinue Reading

On The Road: Making Dreams Happen

On The Road: Making Dreams Happen

2017-09-04
By: Live by Surprise
On: September 4, 2017
In: Inspiration
With: 9 Comments

It’s funny…but I don’t think I realized how truly miserable I was until now. It’s been over a month since I left my day job. For months (maybe years) been learning about the possibility of the change. And then there were some sudden and rather difficult changes at work inContinue Reading

Life Has No Remote: Get Up and Change It Yourself

Life Has No Remote: Get Up and Change It Yourself

2017-07-17
By: Live by Surprise
On: July 17, 2017
In: Car Accident, Inspiration, Life
With: 5 Comments

I was just reading another fantastic blog by my friend Kimberly at “All Work and No Play Make Mommy Go Something Something” (I reviewed her blog here.)  Her blog today is entitled “Mr. Sun“, and she suggests: “I hate hearing people say “You shouldn’t be doing that” or “I thoughtContinue Reading

That Day, The Sneetches Forgot About Stars - #YesAllSneetches 1

It’s Time to Celebrate Uniqueness…Regardless of Size, Shape or Color

2017-07-14
By: Live by Surprise
On: July 14, 2017
In: Inspiration
With: 4 Comments

I am a 5’8″ 155 lb 38-year-old woman. I’ve had three children. I have scars, both from the C-Sections that brought my children into the world and from numerous surgeries from my car accident. I have stretch marks. I have lived. My body has enjoyed carrying three children. I proudlyContinue Reading

Early Education: A Short Fiction

Back to School, An Early Education: A Short Fiction

2017-03-13
By: Live by Surprise
On: March 13, 2017
In: Inspiration, Short Fiction
With: 5 Comments

Once she got to the campus, she weaved her way towards the building through a mixed maze of large, gorgeous columned edifices, bland seventies constructions and post-modern behemoths. It was still early morning. As she reached her destination, the sun was peaking out just over the building. The late summerContinue Reading

NYT Bestselling Author Andra Watkins

NYT Bestselling Author Andra Watkins

2017-01-13
By: Live by Surprise
On: January 13, 2017
In: Book Reviews, Inspiration
With: 6 Comments

One of the perks of this blog is that I’ve been virtually introduced to some pretty amazing writers. But I’ve gotta say…today I’m pretty tickled. In November, I finished the book To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis by New York Times Bestselling Author Andra Watkins. The book is anContinue Reading

Order of Seven - Interview with Author Beth Teliho

Have I Told You About Baron?

2016-11-29
By: Live by Surprise
On: November 29, 2016
In: #NaBloPoMo, #NaNoPoblano, Book Reviews, Inspiration, Other
With: 5 Comments

Yeah…I did. I did an interview with author Beth Teliho. We talked about her amazing book. AND she’s got a short story coming out in an anthology soon and I may have been a BETA reader.  OK, I was a BETA reader. And it was awesome. But I’ll tell youContinue Reading

#NaBloPoMo: Facing Surgery? Read This!

Facing Surgery? Read This!

2016-11-27
By: Live by Surprise
On: November 27, 2016
In: #NaBloPoMo, #NaNoPoblano, Book Reviews, Car Accident, Inspiration, Life, Other
With: 11 Comments

I bonded with writer Christine Carter from The Mom Café because we were both incapacitated by leg injury for a number of months. I was super excited to hear that she was writing a book to help others out with their recovery not only from similar injury, but from injury orContinue Reading

NaBloPoMo November 23

An Instagram Life isn’t Real

2016-11-23
By: Live by Surprise
On: November 23, 2016
In: #NaBloPoMo, #NaNoPoblano, Blogging, Haiku, Inspiration, Other
With: 6 Comments

It’s Wednesday, and #OnWednesdaysWeHaiku. The prompt for today wonders if Photoshop makes me ashamed of my body. Wow, I could write a page an a half about what Photoshop can do to a woman’s self-esteem. But luckily for you, it’s time to Haiku. An Instagram life Full of Photoshopped fictionContinue Reading

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Doctor Who: The Forgotten
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Doctor Who: The Slitheen Excursion
The Other Emily
Tracing Your Ancestors in Lunatic Asylums: A Guide for Family Historians
Memories of Tomorrow
The Mercy of Snakes
Red Rain
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Photographing the Dead
In the Heart of the Fire
The Painted Girls
The Other Typist
The Woman Who Stole My Life
Great Shape Hunt, The
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