I wore it for you every day for eight years…strong and proud…hoping you would see…but you never did and made me feel as if I wasn’t worthy. So my heart just sat there on my sleeve gathering dust and my knees became bloodied and bruised from crawling after you…begging…a futile attempt to acquire what I so desperately needed. Epiphanies are strange…like sour candies…bitter at the onset and sweet in the center and it took eight more years to hit that sweet spot…in the meantime I took that old dusty heart and tucked it away like a keepsake in a treasure chest, for what I don’t know, but it no longer pined for you…and the pleas that fell on deaf ears would never again be uttered from my silent mouth because I realized that standing felt so much better than groveling. And again, epiphanies are strange sometimes, like the one that filled your mouth with that bitter taste when I left…except for you there was no sweet center.
Shawna Heaton, aka Priss, is just a girl with some words. Words that spent entirely too long locked up inside. She’s a mom…grandma…aspiring writer…gym junkie…and all around smart ass. She’s on a journey…she doesn’t know where to but she intends to enjoy the ride.
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Nicole Lyons 
Such a beautiful and powerful write, Shawna. I feel the heartache and the power in these words. Thank you ❤
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Love it ♡
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Just thank you…for allowing me to share my words. More!
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Of course ❤ Also, Pfft!
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I’m not going to ruin the loveliness of this piece with over flowery words. Let’s just say WOW. And I LOVED the sour candy simile, made me shake my head in amazement.
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Shawna hits hard. ❤ Thank you for your comment.
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Thank you!!
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Perhaps there was no sweet center for that other one, but there is here for your readers, Shawna.
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Indeed there is, thank you Bob.
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Thank you so much Bob!
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Nicole brings us Shawna with epiphanies – bitter to sweet
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Thank you, Bob.
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S.L. Heaton-The Lithium Chronicles
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Thank you so much
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Loved
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S.L. Heaton/The Lithium Chronicles
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Thank you
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Thank you!!
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Reblogged this on J*Lynn Designs and Declarations and commented:
The heartache and pain and the fierce, fierce strength in this post give me hope. Love you S.L. Heaton!!
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