PinnedCheri ElkinIt is Not Just About Telling the Story but the Art of Telling the StoryAs children we are taught to color inside the lines, taught to write complete sentences taught to follow the rules, but because we were…Aug 11, 20227Aug 11, 20227
PinnedCheri ElkinProof that Santa is RealEven though I don’t remember my first few Christmas days I have heard all the stories, seen all the pictures and together they became what…Dec 5, 202319Dec 5, 202319
PinnedCheri ElkinJust When You Think Everything is Falling ApartThe night was unusually quiet. No cars speeding down the street, no humans in sight no ghosts or goblins hanging about. I walked outside to…Aug 18, 202211Aug 18, 202211
PinnedCheri ElkinIt All Started with a Bet on a Football GameI knew where to find my dad on Wednesday mornings, the scheduled meeting he never missed carefully penciled in on his calendar that hung on…Feb 28, 20227Feb 28, 20227
PinnedCheri ElkinWhen the Facade is LiftedI never saw my mother nude. She always shut the door when she took a bath, but I could hear the music, tranquil melodies drifting from the…Jul 6, 20237Jul 6, 20237
Cheri ElkinA Diagnosis That Turned My World Upside DownYet Rendered Me Gifts I Did Not ExpectSep 2816Sep 2816
Cheri ElkinThe Last Time I Talked to HerIt was August 2, 2007. I remember because it was her birthday. I remember because it was her first birthday in years we didn’t go out to…Sep 2412Sep 2412
Cheri ElkinThere was no Space for my ThoughtsPeace is our natural state obscured by distractions we ourselves have created as if swimming in a pool of nothingness is the epitome of…Sep 198Sep 198
Cheri ElkinThe Dance of LoveI’ve had a lot of experiences with marriages having been through four of them that lasted a total of forty years. I think I was more in…Sep 119Sep 119
Cheri ElkinThe Crack in the GlassElise was busy that day visiting several home health care clients. She’d grabbed a quick lunch she barely tasted, made a trip to the…Sep 76Sep 76