Laurie .Bahlke

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“What Moves Us Forward” by Laurie .Bahlke

Submitted to Contest #191

Maggie was twenty-one and often woke in the night to dreams of chocolate cake, tapioca pudding, doughnuts with heavy, vanilla icing, cotton candy, and her mother’s raspberry cream-filled macaroons. She didn’t wake with energy or a happy disposition. Instead, she felt disoriented, alone, and sad. Her neighbor, Mrs. Carter told her once that dreams like this weren’t about sweet cravings but rather about conflict and sometimes, grief.  Other nights, after Maggie went to check on her three-year-old daughter and rock her back to ...

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I am a Speech-Language Pathologist, and enjoy writing creative non-fiction, inspirational memoir, and some short fiction.