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A WELL TRAVELED HEART

Cynthia M. Sheward

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WAR

Before a war we think we know
exactly how the war will go.… Read More WAR

November 17, 2021October 26, 2022 Cynthia M. Sheward1 Comment

100 QUESTIONS

The qustions come at oddest times… Read More 100 QUESTIONS

July 24, 2021November 17, 2021 Cynthia M. Sheward6 Comments

LOVING AND LOSING

Loving you prepared me for Walmart where greeters are friendly but the merchandise is made by strangers in dark, distant rooms.   Losing you prepared me for Reductions in Force Being told “You’ve worked hard. This isn’t personal.  It’s about stock price.”   Watching you leave broke me like an egg Nothing I knew was… Read More LOVING AND LOSING

January 27, 2020February 10, 2020 Cynthia M. Sheward3 Comments

SMALL ABANDONMENTS AND LEAVE TAKINGS 

I thought elephants danced in the car as my aunt clasped me, age two with pneumonia and mom drove to hospital – I screamed when they left so the doctors forbade future visits. I was alone with nurses and needles for two long white weeks. Pat left me tied, age five, to a phone pole.… Read More SMALL ABANDONMENTS AND LEAVE TAKINGS 

May 23, 2019July 20, 2019 Cynthia M. Sheward9 Comments

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