Sharla Dawn Gorder

Writer – Speaker

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Ever since the world’s existed

There’s one thing that is certain

There are those who build walls

And those who open doors…

                                          Jackson Browne, Walls and Doors

I am drawn to these lyrics.  I can’t stop thinking about them.  I play this great Jackson … Read More

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This is what the storms brought—all these broken treasures, delivered right to my bare feet on the beach in front of the house.  It was up to me however, to gather them and make something beautiful with them.  How did I do?

I’m getting better at it, y’all, so much better since my own great storm.  I can work with fragments and shards—pieces with the … Read More

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Things that make you go, ahhh…

That’s my ulterior motive, just so you know—to make you go ahhh…   I hope to calm you down before your day shakes you up.  (How am I doing?)

I rise every morning before dawn, eager to see what the morning brings, because I now know, despite the quotidian routine of my mornings—teeth-brushing, bed-making, coffee drinking, dog feeding, husband … Read More

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And it’s damn near impossible to get by “just upon a smile” these days.  No, we’re finding we need sandbags and evacuation plans,  a flak jacket and a fake news filter, a tough skin and a soft heart—and most of all, a sense of humor and a strong faith. 

I, for one, am absolutely overwhelmed with all that is going on “out there.”  I don’t … Read More

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It was vaguely familiar—and excruciating—that bleary awakening just a couple of hours after going to bed, to a vise clamped to my pounding head, preventing the pain from escaping into the pillow I seemed to be trying to suffocate myself with.  I was suddenly overcome with a rabid thirst—and challenged with the daunting task of reaching for my Yeti cup of water on the nightstand … Read More