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Responsibility

As the eldest of four siblings and seven grandchildren, it was and is expected that I model responsibility, for myself as well as others…

Jun 1, 2019

Responsibility

Jun 1, 2019

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Surviving the 2020 Presidential Election

To say that today and the following days/weeks will be momentous is an under statement. They will be stressful, for some victorious, for…

Nov 3, 2020

Surviving the 2020 Presidential Election

Nov 3, 2020

Noelle Kukenas

Winning at Weight Loss: And It Has Nothing to Do with Losing the Weight

Losing twenty pounds over four months was indeed a victory for me, and maintaining the loss has been an additional victory. But the real…

Jun 18, 2022

Winning at Weight Loss: And It Has Nothing to Do with Losing the Weight

Jun 18, 2022

Noelle Kukenas

Crying Softly

It was the first week of summer vacation, and I wandered down the hall toward my parents’ room to ask my mother for a ride to the city…

May 11, 2022

May 11, 2022

Noelle Kukenas

Bending Over/Reaching Out/Letting Go

My mother was always bending over. Not as in ‘bending over backward’ but literally bending over. I would see her in the garden, bending…

May 11, 2022

May 11, 2022

Noelle Kukenas

Ten Things My Mother Taught Me & Ten Things My Grandmother Taught Me

Ten Things My Mother Taught Me

May 9, 2022

May 9, 2022

Noelle Kukenas

Mother’s Day 2022

Another Mother’s Day accompanying my husband to visit his mother; this will be the first time since the pandemic. As we settle in for a…

May 9, 2022

May 9, 2022

Noelle Kukenas

My Rock Star Moment

Everyone was smiling and clapping, the music was playing, and the sexiest man alive was standing next to me and holding my hand. I leaned…

Apr 8, 2022

Apr 8, 2022

Noelle Kukenas

Outside

When I was a child we would play outside until dinner time, not a care in the world, no concerns of being snatched up by a stranger or…

Mar 27, 2022

Outside

Mar 27, 2022

Noelle Kukenas

End of Day

My favorite time of day is dusk, twilight, eventide.

Mar 27, 2022

End of Day

Mar 27, 2022

Noelle Kukenas

Noelle Kukenas

Poet and writer of short stories, flash fiction, and essays. Beginning blogger at noellekukenas.wordpress.com.

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