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To Hope Again - Part 2 - The Longest Day

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Dear Reader: I was delighted to find that this writer account was still open after all these years. I wanted to write this story to tell you something about my family. I haven’t much experience with writing, so please bear with me, okay? I hope this blesses you. Sincerely, Angelina Abruzzi

To Hope Again
Part 2
The Longest Day

 
A "Home that Love Built" Story

by Angelina Marie Abruzzi
Thanks Daddy!
 

The weight of the world, the need to survive
Has made you believe, that you've got no right
Then out of the blue, you meet someone
Who offers a place, warm as the sun

Team Meeting - Part 3 - Una Breve Parentesi (A Short Interlude)

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Team Meeting
Part Three
Una Breve Parentesi
(A Short Interlude)

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio

Copyright © 2010 Andrea Lena DiMaggio
All Rights Reserved.

 

Some things are just
more important than football...

Team Meeting - Part 2 - An Unlikely Friend

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Team Meeting
Part 2
An Unlikely Friend

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio

Copyright © 2010 Andrea Lena DiMaggio
All Rights Reserved.

 

Some things are just
more important than football...

To Hope Again - Part 1 - Hope Promised

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Dear Reader: I was delighted to find that this writer account was still open after all these years. I wanted to write this story to tell you something about my family. I haven’t much experience with writing, so please bear with me, okay? I hope this blesses you. Sincerely, Angelina Abruzzi

To Hope Again
Part 1
Hope Promised

 
A "Home that Love Built" Story

by Angelina Marie Abruzzi
Thanks Daddy!
 

Just close your eyes

Reach for the moment

Before it slips by

Here is your second chance

Team Meeting - Part 1 - Among Friends

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Team Meeting
Part One
Among Friends

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio

Copyright © 2010 Andrea Lena DiMaggio
All Rights Reserved.

 

Some things are just
more important than football...

Jeannie and Claire - Part 2 - Ask Me

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Jeannie and Claire
Part 2
Ask Me

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
Thanks to Jill for the help!
 

Ask me if I think, there's a God up in the Heaven.
Where did He go in the middle of her shame?
Ask me if I think, there's a God up in the Heavens.
I see no mercy and no one down here's naming names.
Nobody's naming names.

You're Okay, I'm not So Sure About Me!

You're Okay,
I'm Not So Sure About Me!

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
 

I've had something on my mind
that has troubled me...just a tad.
So I'd like to share some verse.

A Brief Thank You....

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I wanted to thank Erin and everyone who works to keep this site running for the new Random 5olos feature. Like several of us, I arrived here this year, well after this site was established and offering such great fiction. I felt a little overwhelmed at trying to catch up, given all the great writers who were here, some already with huge volumes of stories.

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The Prayer - Part 4

The Prayer - Part Four
Dancing in the Dark

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
 

Dancing in the dark 'til the tune ends
We're dancing in the dark and it soon ends
We're waltzing in the wonder of why we're here
Time hurries by, we're here and we're gone

I wish to apologize

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I posted a story/song earlier in the day which I erroneously attributed to another author. It was not my intention to publish this in any manner other than that which would reflect my source. In my haste, I published it believing I had permission to use the author's name, which I did not. It was a misunderstanding entirely due to my own error in judgment. I apologize to her and to those readers who had already commented on the piece. I have removed it of my own accord rather than leave it to stand as written. Once again, I am sorry for my haste and inaccuracy. Andrea

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The Bittersweet Christmas



The Bittersweet Christmas


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Carmine climbed out of his 4Runner and exhaled slowly. Another Christmas Eve without Tony and Margo. He looked around at the garage. Camping equipment had been shoved rudely into a cubby underneath the steps leading to the kitchen, gathering dust. He remembered that last trip to the lake before Margo got sick...

West Side Story Redux - An Entreaty in One Act

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West Side Story Redux -
An Entreaty in One Act

 
offered by Andrea Lena DiMaggio

Copyright © 2009 Andrea Lena DiMaggio

 

A modern take on an old tale, told from a new perspective
Hopefully with a happy ending…
For a dear friend

Abbey's Road Home

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When I was in college, I struggled with my identity...I thought that the songs which I borrowed for this piece below were written just for me...I feared what it would be like if I ever came out to my family...I never did...and I wept
 
 

Abbey's Road Home

Prostate Screening and the Transgender Community

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It is a sad fact that prostate cancer can and does affect transsexuals. My song was a lighthearted musical treatment, more as a tag along to Laika's and Kate's songs, but the risk for prostate cancer is very real. I've included a links to websites explaining the need for proper and regular screening for prostate cancer for anyone born male, including MtF transsexuals.

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Providence - Part 16

A Christmas of Providence
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio

 

So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
Copyright © 2009 Andrea Lena DiMaggio

Gina and Katie's Excellent Adventure - Part 11 Interlude

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Gina and Katie's
Excellent Adventure -
Part 11
Intelude

 
offered by Andrea Lena DiMaggio

Copyright © 2009 Andrea Lena DiMaggio

 

Just a nice quiet afternoon of utter abandon and intimacy
between two lovers....

Jeannie and Claire - Part 1 - Un Giorno Per Noi

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Jeannie and Claire Part 1 - Un Giorno Per Noi
 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
Thanks to Jill for your help!
 

Un giorno sa, per noi verra
La liberta di amarci qui senza limiti
E fiorira il sogno a noi negato
Si svelera l'amor celato ormai
Un giorno sai, per vivere
La vita che ci sfugge qui

A time for us, some day there'll be
When chains are torn by courage born of a love that's free
A time when dreams so long denied can flourish
As we unveil the love we now must hide

A time for us, at last to see
A life worthwhile for you and me

Life and challenges and sadness and joy

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I wanted to thank everyone for their love and kindness to me the last few months. As many of you may know, I only started writing this year, and that has been so wonderful and rich and special. You may also know about my tremor disorder and the challenges I've faced, along with my wife's health this year.

You may know about my most recent challenge; diagnosed with PTSD after memories of being sexually abused along with my sis by a family member when we were little.

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Love This Site

Love This Site

by Andrea Lena Dimaggio
with much affection - Thanks Erin!
with apologies to everyone I didn't name;
I love you all!

Gina and Katie's Excellent Adventure - Part 10 Confession Redux

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Gina and Katie's
Excellent Adventure -
Part 10
Confession Redux

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
 

That I feel myself surrender
Each time I see your face.
I am staggered by your beauty,
Your unassuming grace.
And I feel my heart is turning,
Falling into place.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.

Farewell - a Musical Tribute to a Fallen Hero


Into the West


Lay down
Your sweet and weary head
Night is falling
You’ve come to journey's end
Sleep now
And dream of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across the distant shore

Gina and Katie's Excellent Adventure - Part 9 All’Improvviso Amore

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Gina and Katie's
Excellent Adventure -
Part 9
All’Improvviso Amore - Suddenly Love

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
 

Il vento che soffia piano
Questa notte cambia il mio destino
E sento che il cuore ancora si sorprenderá 

The wind that softly blows
Tonight is changing my destiny
And I feel that my heart will be surprised
Once again

Gina and Katie's Excellent Adventure - Part 8 Per Te -For You

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Gina and Katie's
Excellent Adventure -
Part 8
Per Te - For You

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
 

Sento nell'aria profumo di te
Piccoli sogni vissuti con me
Ora lo so, non voglio perderti
Quella dolcezza cosᬠsenza etá 
La tua bellezza rivali non ha
Il cuore mio vuole soltanto te

I smell in the air the scent of you
Little dreams had lived with me
Now I know, I don’t wanna lose you
That sweetness which has no age
Your beauty has no rivals
My heart wants only you

Gina and Katie's Excellent Adventure - Part 7 - Confession

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Gina and Katie's
Excellent Adventure -
Part 7
Confession

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
 

That I feel myself surrender
Each time I see your face.
I am staggered by your beauty,
Your unassuming grace.
And I feel my heart is turning,
Falling into place.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.

Gina and Katie's Excellent Adventure - Part 6 - Jeannie Loves Claire?

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Gina and Katie's
Excellent Adventure -
Part 6
Jeannie loves Claire?

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
 

When you say you love me
The world goes still, so still inside and
When you say you love me
In that moment,I know why I'm alive

Gina and Katie's Excellent Adventure

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Gina and Katie's
Excellent Adventure

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
 
If we could remember
The moment of our birth
We give our voice
To songs and whispers
And know what life is worth

Gina and Katie's Excellent Adventure - Part 5 - A Day of Discovery

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Gina and Katie's
Excellent Adventure -
Part 5 -
A Day of Discovery

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
 

When you say you love me
The world goes still, so still inside and
When you say you love me
In that moment,I know why I'm alive

Just a follow up

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For all of you kindly folk who have been supportive. I posted Rememberance of My Birth as my way of acknowledging the day but also to remember that Andrea would likely not exist at all but for the love of my sister and how I believe God used the devotion of a little boy to protect his best friend. We survived brutality and pain, and grew up, maybe marred and damaged, but never alone and never without love. That continues today as I face the implications and aftermath of that pain, but not without hope and certainly not without friends like yourself.

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