Denise E Lindquist
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I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.
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Gifts From Co-Workers When On Leave Fighting Cancer!
I had just started work when a co-worker began telling me how she asks for forgiveness rather than permission as she gets more done that way! Then she said, oh, I suppose I shouldn't have told my new supervisor that. She was doing her best to orient me to working for the state. We laughed!
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Journal
Spending The Day With An Old Person
I was going to get dressed, I kicked off my underwear in the bathroom on a pile of laundry that would be washed today. I went to make my bed and I found a pair of underwear forming a lump in my blankets. My first thought was, were they mine? Of course. Who else wears grannie panties and who else would be sleeping in my bed! Okay, that was just for a laugh! I didn’t really think that. But what I did think was, didn’t I just kick off some panties? Where did this pair come from?
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Longevity
What Does It Take To Not Get Caught Robbing A Bank?
Growing up Sammy had heard all the rumors of how there were some people that had robbed banks in her small community and had never been found out. Now, it wasn’t as though no one had been to prison. Her brother had been to prison and many of his friends.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Fiction
Have You Had A Publishers Clearing House (PCH) Experience?
My husband calls my stacks of mail from the publisher’s clearinghouse ‘piles’. He says, “I don’t want your piles on my side of the table.” I decided to order Christmas presents from PCH to stay in the contest for the prize.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Confessions
My Grandson Said, "A lot of people in my family have birthdays on the 21st!"
When picking my grandson up from driver's education, we started talking about his older brother that was visiting from Alaska. I asked if his brother would be here until his birthday. He said, he thought he was leaving next week, which meant he wouldn't be here for his birthday in April.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Confessions
Living With Addiction And Breaking The Alcoholic Family Rules
When I was a young girl, I had a couple of uncles that lived on skid row in Minneapolis. My family lived in South Minneapolis. My dad's uncles would come and visit. Their medicine was a bottle in a brown paper bag.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Families
Training Counselors, Recovery Support (Peer) Specialists, Motivational Interviewers, and Prevention Specialists
Working as a culture consultant almost always includes training staff. And everyone is not a counselor/therapist. There is support staff, which will include nurses, doctors, technicians, cooks, etc.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Education
Drivers Education And Behind The Wheel Sessions In March
My mother taught me how to drive when I was a preteen. She taught many of us how to drive at that age. She taught my siblings, cousins, and many other family members. She wasn't operating a school, but she was available to teach anyone interested in learning.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Wheel
Have You Ever Written A Villanelle? It Is A Nineteen Line Poetic Form
A villanelle is a nineteen-line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain. There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes, with the first and third line of the first tercet repeated alternately until the last stanza, which includes both repeated.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Poets
Is It Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), Or Is It Autism?
FASD does not have to happen if all women, with the support of the father, are avoiding alcohol when pregnant or planning to become pregnant. There is no safe time during pregnancy to drink and there is no safe amount to drink during pregnancy. This has been known by experts in this country since around 1973.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Psyche
Going From No Visitors To Four Grandchildren Over For The Weekend
Two grandsons came with their parents on Friday night. The eight-year-old, the youngest, was hoping to go on the anniversary trip with his parents. It was not a trip for him. It was evening and the boys decided they would have frozen pizza as we had already eaten dinner.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Families
