shawnamawna (65)in #life • 5 years agoI Miss People WatchingMy mom used to take me to the mall and park me on a bench with a pretzel from Auntie Annie's. From that perch, we…shawnamawna (65)in #introduceyourself • 5 years agoHello Again! My Steemit Re-IntroductionMy marriage ended about two years ago. The divorce came later. In between, my ex-husband and I both moved on to new…shawnamawna (65)in #life • 5 years agoThen there was youThe story of this heart is that it was born beating in shadow. Eventually the shadow resolved in darkness. This heart…shawnamawna (65)in #life • 6 years agoSome Reassembly RequiredI just got back from a mid-week trip to Detroit for the opening Tigers vs. Royals game. The trip was a birthday…shawnamawna (65)in #life • 6 years agoConfessions of a Divorced Lesbian BaristaIt feels like years ago that I came out on Steemit. I love how caring this community was. It was and still is hard to…shawnamawna (65)in #ulog • 6 years agoEvolution of a drag kingI’ve been dabbling in something new these past few weeks. It all started about three months ago when I saw my first…shawnamawna (65)in #blog • 6 years agoWant to up your blogging game? Read on!I'm very excited to share that I have, with Center Director Stacia M. Fleegal, developed an online course for finding…shawnamawna (65)in #ulog • 6 years agoWriting Hard Stories? I have two private client openings for September!I have two private client openings for September. Possibilities are manuscript development, review and one-on-one…shawnamawna (65)in #ulog • 6 years agoA Letter to Myself: Slow Down the Love TrainDear Shawna, Don't fuck this up. Play it cool. Yeah, she's cute. Really cute. And you dig her voice/look/vibe, but…shawnamawna (65)in #ulog • 6 years agoPoem from a Broken Heart No. 36I sit next to you and bleed hard plastic chairs, our elbows bumping up against your scent heart raging to fire…shawnamawna (65)in #ulog • 6 years agoHow My Heart BrokeYou switched off faster than light but I can’t return my favor. I’ve been on for months now hoping to find you…shawnamawna (65)in #life • 6 years agoThen there was youThe story of this heart is that it was born beating in shadow. Eventually the shadow resolved in darkness. This heart…shawnamawna (65)in #life • 6 years agoRelationship GoalsIs it greedy to want you to think of me one quarter of how often I think of you (which is, honestly, less than when I…shawnamawna (65)in #life • 6 years agoMom on CallI had to clear my energy today with a good sage smudge. I have been on call full time for the last two weeks as my…shawnamawna (65)in #life • 6 years agoWhy I kept talking to the man who sexually assaulted meAs I have been researching an order of protection against the man at my gym who sexually assaulted me , I've had to…shawnamawna (65)in #life • 6 years agoDealing with vulnerability in my place of powerMy car is a sanctuary. I am parked outside my gym, what was my sanctuary for the last year, but a man returned…shawnamawna (65)in #photography • 6 years agoSelf- Portraits with My iPhoneEarlier I was at the library with my kids. One of their friends came through the doors and shouted, “Shawna! Why do…shawnamawna (65)in #life • 6 years agoAsymmetryKnee to knee grief whispered asymmetrical anger. No symmetry in grief even with the mirror clean and nose to nose…shawnamawna (65)in #life • 6 years agoComing OutI'm sure what you meant by this might be a phase, you are always going full tilt after one idea or another was…shawnamawna (65)in #life • 6 years agoI'm not broken, I'm gayI wish I was sitting in my girlfriend's house. Her arms are warm and I feel I fit there. Even though we haven't moved…