Courtney Seever
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Summer Sweets
When I was growing up you could tell what part of Summer it was based on what dessert we were making. Smores were an obvious all summer option, but I'm particular how I make mine. Strawberry shortcake was a strong July staple. Then to finish it off we would have Mexican Wedding Cake in August because it was my favorite and my birthday was the only tiime of year that I could get my grandma to make it for me. Let me explain each of these desserts. I may not be a picky eater but I am particular about how I like the classics.
By Courtney Seever2 years ago in Feast
Phoenix' Legacy
There weren't always dragons in the valley. In fact, there was a time not so long ago when they were thought to be extinct after the Great War that separated the worlds. When Phoenix ruled they brought the dragon's back and reunited the realms. That history is something all probable riders have to learn before we're ever allowed near one of the great beauties. I imagine its something that fairy youths learn about in general, but we werewolves are only recently started to learn about the different magics that flow through everything and everybody. The fairies had always worked closely with the dragons during that catastrophic war.
By Courtney Seever2 years ago in Fiction
Prisoner Life
My day job has given me the opportunity to interact daily with state inmates and its offered an interesting insight. Currently I work mainly with females but I've seen how creative any individual can be. I think that those of us in the civilian population realized how effective having nowhere to go and a lot of spare time can be for creative energy. We in the free world have several social media apps to share ideas and recipes with each other, but there isn't anything like that for residents in the corrections system. The benefits of having an outlet for that extra energy are far and wide, which is why I think it would be a grand investment in our communities to create a 'social media' app specifically designed for the corrections system.
By Courtney Seever2 years ago in Criminal
Toddler Travel
Recently my grandma, my daughter and I flew to Washington state to visit some family. One of the biggest things on my mind as we prepped for the trip was taking every precaution we could to make sure my two year old wasn't that one kid on the plane that everybody hates. Plan A was that she would sleep the entire time we were flying but Plan B and C were snacks and easy entertainment. Let's explore some of the steps I took to ensure my kid wasn't 'that kid' on our flights.
By Courtney Seever3 years ago in Families
Parenting My Way
As parents we all have to find our own way to do things. If your child is healthy and functional then don't let anybody tell you that you aren't doing it right. I can't tell you how often that my kids toys are spread out everywhere or the laundry isn't fully done. In fact, more often than not my laundry may be clean but its usually thrown into baskets waiting indefinitely to be folded. I will never tell anybody that I know parenting better than somebody else but there are some tips and tricks I've come across that work for me and may very well work for others. Between the recent pandemic and functioning as a single parent I am slow to buy possibly indulgent extras like toys. There are, however, some purchases that I am so happy to have made.
By Courtney Seever3 years ago in Families
Parenting My Way
My daughter's father comes from a family of teachers and I was always an active member at my local library. That being said we were heavily in agreement that we wanted our daughter to have books around from day one. I'm lucky enough to be part of a community that has access to 'Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.' Its a free service that provides a monthly book for kids zero to five years of age. I enrolled my daughter when she was less than 24 hours old. Recently it has become one of her favorite things to get a book in the mail at which point she sits and 'reads' it to anybody who will sit still long enough.
By Courtney Seever3 years ago in Families
Closure
I have a non-traditional relationship with my mother, but not necessarily one that isn't familiar to a lot of people. When I was about a year and a half old, my mother signed her parental rights over to my maternal grandmother. This was done for a multitude of reasons, but primarily because my mother was incapable of raising me due to mental short falls caused by some incidents when she was a teenager. For a long time, I resented my mom because she gave me up but continued to go through custody battles for my younger half-siblings for years. My family would always tell me that she signed her parental rights away because she knew she was fit enough to be a good parent, and I understood that to a point. As I continued to watch from the sidelines as she was involved with my sister and brother, I grew a bit spiteful.
By Courtney Seever3 years ago in Families
Lost and Found
The summer before my junior year I moved to a small town about four hours from my home town and an hour from the nearest city. Despite the distance, occasionally we would have to go to the city for bigger shopping trips. It was usually for trips to Sam's club or other such stores that didn't exist in our town. On one such trip we decided to stop at Goodwill for some random reason. In walking around the store and killing time we found a frame that had somehow passed inspection by employees in the aspect that it still had a photograph in it.
By Courtney Seever3 years ago in Families
Spilt Wine
Christy looked around the busy bar as her date droned on endlessly. She had been tuned out of the conversation for a while now, not that Emerson seemed to notice. As she watched some of the group’s dancing, she was distracting herself with what she was going to do to get back at her friend for setting up this awful date. Emerson moved into her line of vision looking at her expectantly. Shaking herself free of her spacing out, Christy focused on him. ‘Sorry, what were you asking.’
By Courtney Seever3 years ago in Humans
Loki
Loki is one of the most notorious beings of Norse mythology, and subsequent modern story lines, but he gets a bad rap as a delinquent and intentional troublemaker. In truth he is the kid in the neighborhood that has a less than favorable home life so other households unofficially adopt him. For Loki that means he's the son of a giant who the gods and goddesses of Asgard tolerate because of the boys will be boy’s mentality. The legends of Ragnarok state that Loki will be part of the opposing force against the Aesir, which makes people think that he is a villain. It's important to look deeper though because the Aesir sealed their own fate when it comes to Loki being a villain.
By Courtney Seever3 years ago in FYI
Mistique
Mistique, Misty for short, is a husky mix that we kind of adopted by accident. About four years ago my ex and I decided we were going to go to the local shelter looking for a dog. We had looked online before our visit, but seeing as we had another dog had to do an in person meeting to make sure that everything clicked. Before my then boyfriend had moved in with me and my roommates, he had a full husky who true to nature was especially derpy but had needed to rehome him before coming to live with us. For that reason he had told himself that he wasn't going to get another husky because it felt a little like betrayal. One of the big things with us searching for a dog was that would act as a PTSD service animal for my ex. The natural level of energy for huskies is another reason that we went with the thought that we were looking for a different breed. It was a little bit biased but we also knew that we didn't have the space or free time to be fair to a large high energy dog.
By Courtney Seever3 years ago in Petlife
Singled Up
**This story is inspired by the song Singles You Up by Jordan Davis** We had come to the bar after met up with my family so that he could watch the game. Like always he had ordered us both drinks before I had a chance to say a word. It's not that I mind drinking a bit of wine but usually only with dinner. Normally I would chose a whiskey and coke or similar mixed drink but Joe has never bothered to ask what I want to drink when we go to the bar. Considering I don't really care about the sports game that's on I start looking around the hometown bar that I had gotten into trouble at more than once and saw one of my high school friends. I was surprised to meet Alex's eyes and nodded at him, admittedly a little grumpy at how the day was going.
By Courtney Seever3 years ago in Proof