I am a freelance writer, blogger and public speaker. It sounds better than saying I stay in my pajamas all day eating salt & vinegar chips. I claim to be a wife, a mother of two girls and a musician. Sometimes I'm funny.-
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My Pajama Days by Emily Okaty Wilson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Tag Archives: childhood memories
An Intruder
It was close to bed time when my dad pulled down the dark driveway. We lived in a beautiful historic house on the grounds of the university my dad worked. My brothers and I snuggled in the backseat of the … Continue reading
Posted in My Pajama Ponderings
Tagged being scared, childhood memories, family, fear, humor, intruders, life, relief
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Curtain Call
The Red Writing Hood assignment this week, from Write on Edge , was our first love – and our first heartbreak. The assignment was to write a piece where we explore the first broken heart for our character – or … Continue reading
Posted in My Pajama Ponderings, Writing Prompts
Tagged childhood memories, first kisses, first loves, heartbreak, memoir, Red Writing Hood, writing prompt
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Leave Your Shoes at the Door
The deer do not understand that my Hosta garden is not a salad bar. Their deep rutted footsteps speckle the dry black mulch. Each day the Hosta shrink, cower under the trees, with their half-chewed leaves poking out of the … Continue reading
Posted in My Pajama Ponderings, Writing Prompts
Tagged childhood memories, creative writing, family, free verse, life, Red Writing Hood, shoes, writing prompt
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