Can You Contribute A Badge For Featured Posts?

March 7, 2018 jacquelineobyikochaLeave a comment

Still open for badge contributions.

I’ve been thinking of revamping this badge below for something fresh.

Sharing, Blogs, Networking, Growing Readership, Connection, Bloggers, Blog Posts

Initially, I thought that I would produce the badge by myself, but an afterthought to throw it open to others came to me – after all, ‘featured posts’ is primarily to share and promote posts from other bloggers. It’s for all of you.

So, what do you think? Can you muster up something snazzy in the next one week?

All badge entries will be displayed and votes cast for the favourite. The selected badge will be used for featured posts series for the year and the contributors will receive credit with their sites URL link constantly attached to the badge.

Let’s have fun! Share so others can participate. Thank you.

Today’s featured blogs are:

People forget kindness is free

This is guaranteed to make you smile/chuckle and there are lots of nuggets of wisdom tucked in there…

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Stream of Consciousness Saturday.

I Am Not Fine! Stream of Consciousness Saturday

March 3, 2018 jacquelineobyikocha42 Comments

Fine. What does it really mean to be fine? Can I truly from the depth of my spirit say that I’m fine? Or is it just a superficial response to ‘how are you,’ so that I don’t make anyone feel discomfited by my true response which I suppose would be ‘heck no, I feel all raggedy and angry a lot lately.’

I wouldn’t even know where to start with my venting but here goes ‘ I’m not fine with the fact that my body does not want to age like fine wine.’ I have deep aches and pains from Fibromyalgia that not only causes discomfort but makes me grumpy a lot of times when the pain flares up.

I’m not fine with the fact that at this juncture in life I’m still struggling hard to get my dream of being an accomplished writer and blogger kick-started.

I’m not fine that the basic needs of life are still a huge hustle and that if I don’t work as hard as I do, I would probably be one pay cheque to destitution.

I’m not fine with the fact that I want to go back to school to obtain a degree in Writing & Publishing but that aspiration is still a pipe dream due to lack of finance.

I’m not fine that I’m grumbly and I feel ashamed at the deep-seated feeling of dissatisfaction that has found its way to wedge in my soul in recent times.

I’m not fine with the status quo and not prepared to keep quiet about it. I believe that to find a solution to a situation, you’ve got to be willing to bring it out into the open air and look at it candidly. Phew! I feel better just letting some of these thoughts out.

La di la, in all honesty, life is a struggle and not fine and dandy for many of us but it’s up to us to take a good look at our issues and to make extra efforts to live a fine life.

SoCS prompt – Fine

Poetry/Poems

Flawless…

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 jacquelineobyikocha9 Comments

Kind people are my kinda people, motivational quotes, inspirational quotes

When I looked at you,

I searched for a flawed human,

but,

I found a beautiful soul.

Jacqueline

#seeingbeyondthesurface, #beautyisskindeep

Rononvan's Weekly Haiku Challenge

Sweet and Tart… Haiku

February 28, 2018 jacquelineobyikocha9 Comments

Image result for images of pretty woman

Her sharp retort was tart;

it utterly belied her gentle, sweet demeanour

and took him by surprise.

♦

Beneath her tart looking appearance

lies a sweet, confused and misunderstood soul

all she seeks is love.

Written for Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge – prompt words “Sweet and Tart”

Photographs · Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday…

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 jacquelineobyikocha4 Comments

Enough said!

Fiction · Short Stories · Writing

Brooke…Flash Fiction

February 27, 2018February 27, 2018 jacquelineobyikocha14 Comments

As I stood in the shallow pool of water, freeze-framed images of us dancing, laughing and splashing water like children played consistently in my minds eye.

Brookes’ happy laughter echoed with delight in my ears. This little gem of a place brought out that childish joy in her that made my heart bloom when I watched her face radiate and her cheeks pinken with pleasure.

I felt her presence, as real and as solid as if she stood beside me. Out of habit, I stretched out a hand to grasp hers, but the emptiness and lack of her warm palm hit me hard.

Has it only been six weeks? Six weeks sounds so short, yet it felt like an eternity. An eternity of hellish existence. Those dreaded words still rang in my heart and I still felt as shell-shocked as I had felt in the Oncologists office. Words like, ‘biopsy, chemotherapy, aggressive, incurable Cancer, metastasized’ and the worst of all ‘few weeks left’…changed our lives so drastically.

I stood there and in that shallow pool of water ‘the secret brook that Brooke loved’ for the first time, I allowed the hot tears to flow freely. I had had to stay strong and had not allowed her to see me cry.

Jacqueline

Written in response to the FFAW photo prompt above. Thank you, Enisa, for the photo and PJ for hosting.

P.S. Priceless Joy, sorry for the late submission. I had auto-set it to publish yesterday but for some tech reasons, it didn’t go live.

Monday Motivations

Monday’s Musing…Inadequate

February 26, 2018 jacquelineobyikocha6 Comments

Now and again, it’s okay to feel inadequate. It’s a personal driving force to do better and to slay your giants.

Don’t let anyone convince you that feeling inadequate only signifies low self-esteem and negativity.

image credit – pexels

The seed wasn’t sure what she could achieve, till she dared to push through the board.

Jacqueline

Featured Blogs

Can You Contribute A Badge For Featured Posts?

February 26, 2018 jacquelineobyikocha11 Comments

I’ve been thinking of revamping this badge below for something fresh.

So, what do you think? Can you muster up something snazzy in the next one week?

Let’s have fun! Share so others can participate. Thank you.

Today’s featured blogs are:

People forget kindness is free

This is guaranteed to make you smile/chuckle and there are lots of nuggets of wisdom tucked in there as well. I like wisdom.

I just want to go home but I’m already home

Deep, short and reflective post. Where’s home to you?

Tuesday chatter

Believe me, you’ll enjoy these throwback facts and Eugenia’s wise and witty poems. Tune in for Tuesday chatter.

A lens of gratitude releases negativity

Lovely little post. Appreciating the little and even mundane things of life builds happiness within.

Novembers featured blogger – Jacqueline

Yes, it’s all about me. Shameless attention seeker 😉

Do step in, explore these blogs and show some love.

Do you want more eyes on your words?’

Well then, add your LINK TO THIS LOOP.

‘Remember, we create a cohesive community when we come together.

Mundane Monday · Photographs

Do You See What I See? Mundane Monday

February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 jacquelineobyikocha14 Comments

It’s just the paint peeling off the wall, but I see an abstract face of a sleepy man.

Mundane Monday challenge is created to find beauty in everything.

Family · Guide To Better Living · Lifestyle

…And I Slept Off…

February 24, 2018February 24, 2018 jacquelineobyikocha19 Comments

Whatever is it about being out in nature that makes me doze off on my mat after a brief while is a great thing. Does this happen to you?

Going to the park with the children is pure bliss for me and whilst they frolic, I read and simply doze off to the divine sound of birds chirping, doves cooing, sounds of children’s chatter and laughter…and I wake up feeling renewed, refreshed and full of pleasure and gratitude.

I’m already missing this. The infernal heat of the UAE is slowly creeping up on us. By March, the Sun will turn on its rays in full blast. Anyways, let me get every last dose of natures bounty before it presses the pause button.

I even record the sounds – I have one as long as 20 minutes – to enjoy in the forthcoming months of dryness and heat.

What’s your pleasure?