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Joy DeSomber

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Good Vibes Club

Loving the Filth and Forgiving the Clean

It’s about when we look and when we look away

Mar 21

Loving the Filth and Forgiving the Clean

Mar 21

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Engage

Other People Once Walked the Earth

How we can see a crystal ball in reverse and find out what happened

Mar 1

Young woman with Naval Station Norfolk ballcap on and a Navy blueshirt on, standing in a parking lot, with a large government building behind her; photo is from the chest up.

Mar 1

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Black Bear

Substantial Soundlessness Creates Echoes of Nothingness

When an addiction keeps a person hidden

Mar 29

Nighttime in a city; there is a wall, and a tall building behind it with a lot of windows with lights inside. Due to something that may have gone wrong with the film, two people stand at the top of the wall behind a fence but aren’t clear.

Mar 29

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About Me Stories

About Me — Joy DeSomber

I’m so quiet that oftentimes people forget they’ve met me previously

Sep 26, 2022

Middle aged female with short gray hair sitting in wingback chair wearing colorful T-shirt with laptop in lap, smiling at camera.

Sep 26, 2022

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Twenty Years Later, I’m Shattering My Silence

An accident that nearly ended my life has opened me up

Jun 3, 2022

Row of journals

Jun 3, 2022

Pawfect Letters to Santa Are Unnecessary

Our four-legged friends are easy to please

1d ago

Pawfect Letters to Santa Are Unnecessary

1d ago

We Spent Christmas at Basic Training

Red light from the EXIT sign was the only Christmas color we had in our barracks

5d ago

EXIT sign

5d ago

Settling In as a New Recruit

Everything was better than before

Dec 1

Cartoon strip; first panel shows two older people looking at a sign that says: “Join the Navy See the World.” The second shows the woman asking, “If a girl named Joy were to join this time of year, what would be the message?” The last panel shows the man with his arms raised and “Joy to the World” is in large letters over his head.

Dec 1

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Deep. Sweet. Valuable.

Three Thanksgivings: To All the Thanksgivings I’ve Loved Before

Kraft Singles, misgivings, and a basket of love from strangers

Nov 19

A basket on a countertop with plastic around it, with a red decorative ball on the outside, and a red ribbon on the basket. It is filled with items, but it is hard to tell what is inside.

Nov 19

A Journey from Civilian to an Unfamiliar Military Life

My first twenty-two hours as a seaman recruit

Nov 17

Sign on fence that says Military Area Keep Out No Entry that is white, old and heavily weathered.

Nov 17

Joy DeSomber

Joy DeSomber

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Single mom of three. Veteran. Cop. Humor, gratitude, trauma, travel, and more, always reinventing myself. https://marriedtoapsychopathickiller.substack.com/

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