• Hoping For Better Days

    From a life filled with love and laughter to facing foreclosure and divorce, October marks a turning point. Delve into how these monumental changes have redefined my path, and uncover the next steps in this…

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  • The Truth About Sex

    No one told me the truth about sex before I had a lot of sex… Not the kind of truth that slides into schoolbooks or locker room talk or gets whispered at sleepovers under half-drunk…

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  • Strangers

    I wish you stayed a stranger. I don’t think there was some grand plan behind us —I think the universe just slipped up.Got careless.Looked away for a second,and by the time it turned back around,we…

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  • Nose To Nose

    Nose to nose, here we layYour body against mine With darkness all around usI make a deal with time. Give me one more momentTo stop and soak you in. Knowing time, it’s fleetingFor see, that’s…

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  • A New Identity

    To my friends and family, and those who know me far and wide: Shauna Mae is no longer who I am. She was a victim, a failure, an angry and sometimes selfish and insensitive person.…

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