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beauty, friendship, goodbye, home, life, motivation, sleep, smile, tears

There Are Things I Need to Tell You

June 20, 2018by ashleyfenker1 Comment on There Are Things I Need to Tell You
There Are Things I Need to Tell You

My waiter, he asked how old I was in reference to the round of margaritas for the table of guac lovers, and so I replied, “27.” My friends, they turned to me quickly and corrected, “Ash, you are 28.”  My years, I have lost them in my foggy brain, forgetting exactly how many moments have [...]

autoimmune disorder, beauty, goodbye, home, sleep

My view from under these covers.

November 23, 2016March 27, 2018by ashleyfenkerLeave a Comment on My view from under these covers.
My view from under these covers.

  Today, I woke up at 4 a.m. with a fever, that Heat Miser yet Snow Miser feeling of crawling out of your own skin where you trip over everything in the dark just to make it to the bottle of Motrin. I knew right away what was happening: this is my autoimmune body saying, Please, I am [...]

autoimmune disorder, chronic illness, Raynaud's Phenomenon, salivation, Sjögren’s, sleep

Fiction.

March 12, 2012April 8, 2012by ashleyfenkerLeave a Comment on Fiction.

At a recent writing workshop, the author suggested that if you don't want to write about yourself then you simply write about yourself and call it fiction. Apparently it's a common practice of many authors. There once was a girl who discovered at a young age that she was chronically ill. Of course, the idea [...]

autoimmune disorder, chronic illness, Sjögren’s, sleep, smile

Jolly.

September 18, 2011April 9, 2012by ashleyfenkerLeave a Comment on Jolly.

A jolly old man jogged past me on Friday morning. “Jolly old man” seems like such an overused expression, but there is just no better way to describe him. His elbows were out wide and he waddled from side-to-side as his stark white hair curled over his stark white sweat headband. And, yes, his stark [...]


 

Hi! I’m Ashley. I take my coffee black and my sprinkles rainbow. I love creativity, messy stories, and falling in love with ordinary moments of life. Born to be a storyteller.
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