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Goodbye November, Hello December

Nov 30, 2014 By elinwaldal 9 Comments

Just in time for us to wave goodbye to November and say hello to December, there is a breeze outside that seems determined to chase the warm temperatures away. In the distance clouds have formed, the sight of them leave me hoping that the weather channels warning of a rainstorm this week, is real. The idea that winter […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Friendship, NaBloPoMo14, Writers, Writing

Be Happy

Nov 4, 2014 By elinwaldal 19 Comments

A few days ago I caught up on the phone with one of my oldest and dearest friends, her name is Jeanne. Not long into the call she shared that, although she wasn’t seriously hurt, she had been hit by a car while riding her bike. Even though I have told myself a thousand times over–she is safe […]

Filed Under: Memories, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Be Happy, Friendship, Life, Love, Women

An Invitation to Join Me: NaBloPoMo13

Nov 1, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 18 Comments

If you have been kind enough to subscribe to my musings every time I click, PUBLISH, thank you! Now I feel it’s only fair that I should warn you: During the month of November, Beyond the Backyard Blues, aka, Elin Stebbins Waldal, will be posting daily. The WHY and the WHAT: Four days ago I […]

Filed Under: All things Writing, Living, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Friendship, NaBloPoMo13, Writing

Phone Calls

Jan 27, 2011 By elinwaldal 3 Comments

It stems back to a different phone call. The phone call where I learned Jimmy’s mom had been killed in a car accident in a car that had made it’s own somersault launch from the freeway. We know it happens. We lived it. That is a phone call I never ever want to get again.

Filed Under: Women's Health & Wellness Tagged With: car accident, Fear, Friendship, Love, memories, Texting and Driving

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