Visit me at my embellished memoir, in short spurts at: http://SueAnnPorter.com Mostly everything really happened; I change the names to protect the innocent and camouflage the guilty. And sometimes I get into some interesting Bible stories and talk about my views and what I learned from the stories. Thank you for visiting My Embellished Memoir. Feel free to say hello!
I wrote this a while ago, I just changed it and submitted to an online Flash Contest at http://crackedflash.blogspot.com/ Tonight We Ride By SueAnn Porter 201Words @SueAnnPorterONE http://www.SueAnnPorter.com Back then, most folks rode their horses in the daytime, but the nights belonged to me–until the night that I fell off my horse. It started out … More Tonight We Ride (Flash)
certain things that I write in my blog are also going into one of my two manuscripts that I am currently working on. {Editor: You just ended that sentence with a preposition.} The content is cleaned up and reused or recycled. The blog gives me the freedom to free write and usually silences the editor/critic, … More You probably already know this but…
Sid Roth coined the phrase “pizza dream” to describe a dream that is very vivid, the cause of which is eating too much pizza right before bed. Last night I had one of those dreams. I’m going to write it out, as much as I remember, to see if it makes sense at all. If … More Dreaming: special instruction or pizza dream?
I don’t want to hear any more advice that starts with, “you need to write everyday.” Since we still live in an imperfect world, there are days that I don’t write more than a sentence or two. I consider it a good day if I end it still breathing, with a pillow under my head. … More While you are walking through fire, you don’t stop and ask for a pen and notebook.
Flying into Washington DC was a cakewalk. Flying home was another story. In fact, it took two days to get home. I wonder if this is what they felt like on the Oregon Trail? Upon entering the airport, I had to talk to a woman with an upside-down cross tattooed to her forehead, who spoke … More I just wanted to go home
I haven’t flown in over a decade. Since then, I have acquired an artificial hip, which I envisioned setting off bells and whistles as soon as I entered the airport premises. I was expecting the worst, since I was flying a *certain* airline which has many complaints lodged against it–one of the newest being from … More Leaving on a jet plane. Ok, so it’s a Puddle Jumper.
Wasn’t the king of Egypt ever told the story of Joseph? Wasn’t the history of Joseph passed down through the generations? Or did he just choose not to know Joseph? Exodus 1:8 tells us: Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph. (American Standard Version) I’ve been pondering this question … More Why didn’t he know Joseph?
Do you ever have those days when you keep hearing the same thing over and over from different sources? Today is one of those days. I’ve been flipping through the channels, watching different Christian teachers, and today’s message is: The Latter Rain. Remember the promise: Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in … More Rain.
In Matthew Chapter 8, we read: 18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. 19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the … More “Let me go bury my father.”
I’ll make this one quick today. Hubby and I are scouring the area for our future home. I want a ranch, all on one level, washer/dryer, master suite all on one level, so when I am old I don’t have to climb or descend stairs with a laundry basket in hand, and risk breaking my … More Where is my dream house?
I asked my friend to put me on the prayer list because I never feel like I belong anywhere. Now, this was at my bible study group where I have been attending for 3 or 4 years and they are the greatest bunch of ladies you could ever meet. But there was still something inside … More The Orphan Spirit–dealing with rejection
Maybe you’ve already done that a few times. You know that you will be moving soon. The new place is ready, the moving truck is scheduled. It’s time to go through all your belongings and decide what is most important to take with you. Are there things you can donate, recycle, throw out? Any extra … More Imagine packing everything you own into cardboard boxes….
We woke up this morning to find the road in front of our house flooded. There was no way we could drive the car through it without stalling the car. In fact, here is our neighbor’s car, which did stall and get stuck. Bailey assessed the situation and decided that Mr. Porter should work … More Quick, Send Moses!
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For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. –Hebrews 12:3 There are times we are in terrible pain, and there is no painkiller. These are the times where I tell myself, “Jesus did more than this for me.”…
We’ve all had those dreams where we think we are back in high school, or in college, and not prepared for a test, and dream that we are naked. When we wake up, we are so relieved to find it was not real! The naked dream symbolizes being unprepared, or we feel others can see … More Who told you that you were naked?
The Book of Exodus (and the Gospel of Matthew) both start with a genealogy. We tend to quickly read over a list of names and deem it “boring.” But all of God’s Word was written with purpose. First, these are the names of the tribes of the men who fathered the tribes of Israel. Starting … More The Exodus “Name Game”
You know him, you love him: Big Blue. This winter coat is good for -40 degree temps. When it’s this cold out, I don’t really care if I “look” fat. I was wearing my “other” winter coat up until last week, when the mercury plummeted below zero. Now it’s layers, layers, layers of clothes just … More Does this Arctic Blast make my butt look big?
So back to our story in progress: We are selling the house and downsizing. Or at least that is what we set out to do originally. We are selling the house to a LAWYER (Gibbs rule what?) and his wife. So every little thing is being picked over, much like when you see those videos … More Please get me out from under this house.
That woman there, in the hat—is she waving at you? At me? Adjusting her hat? Giving you the finger? Giving ME the finger? I wish you would be more clear about what she means, unless of course, you don’t know yourself. … More Monet, I hate you.
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