We Are All Disabled

We Are All Disabled

If you have a visible disability in the southern U.S., you are likely to be approached by a well-meaning Christian about how 1) Jesus can heal you, 2) they themselves can heal you by laying on hands in the Lord’s name, or 3) if you pray more, Jesus would heal you. Whenever I see this happen, I am always really tempted to turn it on the person.  Of course, no one is saying it to me, so it’s really none of my business (and when has that ever stopped me?!) But if I were the person being told this, I’d say, “And if you prayed to Jesus more, he would cure you of….” There’s always something. Obesity. Near-sightedness. Bad teeth. Baldness. Acne. What, I wonder, makes the person think that they are in a position to say they are...

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Posted by on Oct 31, 2011 in Disability Rights | 9 comments

6 Sentence Sunday

This is my first time participating in “Six Sentence Sunday.”  It’s another short writing blog game and I’ve been having so much fun with Romantic Friday Writers, that I’m going to try this one too.  Here are my six sentences, which are an excerpt from my novel (W)hole… ### “May I cut in?” They both stopped moving and broke apart. Elizabeth turned and saw the man from the river and her stomach seized up. He was even more beautiful close up. “Are you serious?” Robert said, but the man wasn’t looking at him. He held out his hands to Elizabeth....

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Posted by on Oct 30, 2011 in Six Sentence Sunday | 16 comments

Romantic Friday Writers: Haunting

Romantic Friday Writers: Haunting

http://romanticfridaywriters.blogspot.com/ This blog has a challenge for writers of romance/love stories to write 400 words on a theme each Friday.  The theme this week is Haunting. This is the last excerpt related to the ongoing Kaitlyn and Jason story before National Novel Writing Month begins and I start posting excerpts from that story. Be sure to come back on November 1-3 to find out more about my NaNoWriMo project! Other bits of this story can be found: https://ruthmadison.com/blue-moon/ https://ruthmadison.com/theme-first-love/ https://ruthmadison.com/rock-candy/ https://ruthmadison.com/fearful-heart/ https://ruthmadison.com/whispers/ Word Count: 288 (Full Critique Accepted) ### Kaitlyn believed in hauntings, just not in the traditional sense.  She knew...

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Posted by on Oct 27, 2011 in Friday Excerpt | 14 comments