Hate the Behaviour Not the Man
Is it better to have love and lost than never to have loved at all? My friends love men and find themselves hurt by them on a regular...
Welcome to Shannon Peel's Writing Blog
This blog focuses on my life as a writer and a divorced woman in Vancouver who writes a fictional series called #ThatsLife about what life is like for women in the 21st Century
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Shannon Peel
- May 26, 2019
- 8 min
Can Looking for Work Cause PTSD?
When my planned project for May and June pulled the plug before I started, I suddenly felt the need to find a J-O-B to pay the bills. I...
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Shannon Peel
- Mar 31, 2019
- 2 min
Prophetic Dreams
I should have headed this dream and reflection from 2010, which I found in an old journal. Last night, I dreamed that we moved into our...
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Shannon Peel
- Mar 22, 2019
- 4 min
Finding Strength in Rejection
If you are in your 40s, chances are you've been rejected. You've experienced disappointment. You've felt the pain of not getting what you...
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Shannon Peel
- Mar 22, 2019
- 3 min
Technology Resulting in Isolation
I have been thinking a lot about connections recently. In today's world, we have the tools to connect on a scale that was considered...
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Shannon Peel
- Mar 22, 2019
- 2 min
Being an X-Generation Woman
If you are a member of the X generation, in your forties and early fifties, you are experiencing the fall out of feminism. The...
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Shannon Peel
- Mar 22, 2019
- 2 min
Wasted Time or Time Well Spent?
From March 2016 I haven't written a word this week. I am stressed out about it since my focus is on writing enough to become a successful...
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Shannon Peel
- Mar 22, 2019
- 3 min
Insomnia, Unemployment, and Writing
From March 2016 It's 2:30 AM. I've woken up. Probably some truck that went by or the heartburn. I hate heartburn. What can I expect when...
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Shannon Peel
- Mar 22, 2019
- 2 min
Hope is a 4 Letter Word
A writer manipulates the hopes of her characters to generate hopes in her readers. The best stories are the ones where the reader has a...
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Shannon Peel
- Mar 13, 2019
- 3 min
Goals, Writing, and Money
It’s 2:30 AM. I’ve woken up. Probably some truck that went by or the heartburn. I hate heartburn. What can I expect when all I’ve eaten...
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Shannon Peel
- Mar 1, 2019
- 5 min
To Clean or Not to Clean?
Justine’s House The house is a mess. I’m not exaggerating. There are piles of dirt up against the walls on the floor, food, dust, dirt....
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Shannon Peel
- Feb 14, 2019
- 3 min
Single on Valentine's Day
It’s Valentine's Day. It’s also Single Awareness Day, whatever that is. This is my third Valentine’s Day as a single woman and I want to...
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Shannon Peel
- Jan 5, 2019
- 3 min
Hunger Games - Movie Review
I took my daughter to the opening day of the new Hunger Games movie - Catching Fire. Got there for the 7:30 showing half an hour early...
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Shannon Peel
- Dec 26, 2018
- 4 min
Motivation: Make Your Life Better
I've been thinking a lot about time lately, how fast it passes, how much of it I waste, how I never have enough. This year I want to...
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Shannon Peel
- Dec 20, 2018
- 2 min
Grandma's Here, She'll Clean
My parents are in town, which for me is always a blessing. My mom cooks, cleans and spends time with the kids, virtually leaving me with...
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Shannon Peel
- Dec 18, 2018
- 3 min
Money: Kids Take it All
I just got back from writing cheques for my son's acting classes this spring.... OK I need a Job. Between Acting School, Dance Classes...
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Shannon Peel
- Dec 14, 2018
- 11 min
People I'd Like to Have Coffee With
The world is filled with amazing people with amazing stories. Some of which I have been fortunate enough to meet, although their names...
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Shannon Peel
- Dec 14, 2018
- 2 min
Mom Life: The Kids are Growing Up
My son is getting older and it is so frustrating because I am having a hard time with the distance he's putting between us. I am...
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Shannon Peel
- Dec 13, 2018
- 13 min
Crime, Cyber Bullying, and Children
Cyber bullying is a huge issue in our schools and the problem starts at home. It is what we teach our kids, tell our kids, and how we...
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