Posted on February 14, 2020
by Shell Vera
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Are you feeling like life has stalled? Have you experienced a broken heart? Do you wonder how your life is going to make sense? My book “When I Stopped Remembering Tomorrow” shares a walk through my life as I overcome some pretty tragic events and learn to fall in love with who I am. In doing so, I met God on the way. This book is a very honest look at my journey to loving the God I thought I knew.
Category: books, Creative Writing, Poetry, Shell's Blog HighlightsTags: Faith, family struggles, growth, love, new book release, pain, perseverance, Poetry
Posted on November 28, 2019
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How do you define love?
Posted on November 26, 2019
by Shell Vera
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What’s it like when you meet someone who changes your world and shows you how capable you really are? I wrote a poem about how I felt when it happened.
Posted on October 2, 2018
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Originally posted on Eyes Straight Ahead – Shell Vera:
Have you ever felt like you aren’t walking the right path for your life? It isn’t a feeling like you are doing things wrong or like you are in a completely inappropriate place, but this…
Category: Faith, Making Changes, Relationships, Thought PiecesTags: direction, finding-yourself, found, friendship, lost, love, rebuilding, Relationships, trust, wandering
Posted on September 2, 2018
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Originally posted on Shell Vera: Poetry & Fiction:
What Does Love Look Like? Love is giving of myself until I can’t give anymore yet not losing myself within you. It is surrendering my all to you, even when you haven’t given anything to me;…
Posted on August 29, 2018
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What does true friendship look like? Some reflections in the form of a poem.
Posted on August 27, 2018
by Shell Vera
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Originally posted on Eyes Straight Ahead – Shell Vera:
I love music. I love how I can escape into it. I love how it expresses what I am thinking at times when I am tired of my own thoughts or can’t put them into…
Category: Music & Musings, Thought PiecesTags: domestic violence, Faith, healing, love, moving forward, pain, pressing on, Relationships, saying goodbye, silence, songs, staying, unexpected change
Posted on August 26, 2018
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Originally posted on Shell Vera: Poetry & Fiction:
I’m Not the Girl, but I am the Woman… I’m not the girl who will call you often in a day or text you to find out where you are. I’m not the girl who will…