Stephanie Blok

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  • No More Swans

    No More Swans

    Swans mate for life. I know that swans mate for life, because I worked in a department store, a rather fancy department store to be precise. And in this fancy store, I sold fancy glass and crystal items shaped into swans, usually two swans snuggling their heads together and making a heart with their necks.…

  • Mercies and Kale

    Mercies and Kale

    January is the reckoning. The time where the call to healthy living is in the air. No one accepts your gluttony in these chilly days. No longer do you hear the words, “Oh just one more, it’s the holidays.” Now, kale disappears from shelves and gyms fill up like they’re giving away baby Yoda dolls. …

  • A Word to Those Who Pray For the Sick

    A Word to Those Who Pray For the Sick

    “But every time I hear the story of the paralytic, I think of that hot roof, those heavy muscles, sore hands and chapped knees, and all those caregivers that pray for their loved ones with plaster under their nails.”

  • Goofy Reasons for Wanting to Lose Weight

    Goofy Reasons for Wanting to Lose Weight

    I want to be one of those girls who is cold all the time.  You know who I am talking about.  The slender girls who are always saying things like, “It’s freezing in here.”  And then they slip on a slouchy sweater.  The kind of sweater that hangs elegantly off their thin shoulders and their sleeves hang well past…

  • Rag Tag Dreamers and Music Montages

    Rag Tag Dreamers and Music Montages

    There are several things I wish were different about my life. One is that I wish I had a magic wand.  Now, one might think I want to conjure things from mid-air, or have the power to strike evildoers.  But to be honest I just want to use it to clean.  I love the scenes where with swish…