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Author: CJ Bowers

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Ten Years (Apparently)

December 29, 2025 CJ Bowers

A decade of writing, procrastinating, and deleting more sentences than I care to admit—celebrated slightly late because, of course, I forgot the date.

Tagged author, books, creative, Creative Writing, creativity, failures, forgetful, life, lose, mental health, struggle, time, triumphs, win, words, writingLeave a comment
Reflections, The Weekly Post

A Shining Light, Alone in the Night

December 21, 2025 CJ Bowers

The nights are long, the cold is real, but in the darkness of December, a little Christmas warmth finds its way.

Tagged Christmas, cold, comfort, dark, darkness, december, faith, family, grief, holidays, joy, light, night, Noel, reflection, snowLeave a comment
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Stop Falling. Please.

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 CJ Bowers

Everyone loves to talk about how beautiful snow is. But those people are not holding a shovel...

Tagged cold, futility, labour, life, magical, pain, romance, shovel, shovelling, snow, struggle, suffering, travel, weather, winter, workLeave a comment
Reflections, The Weekly Post

Past the Edge of My Own Doubts

December 7, 2025 CJ Bowers

If you’re standing at the edge of something new, take one small step. Not because you’re fearless, but because you deserve to see what happens next.

Tagged brave, doubt, feelings, happy, hope, inner voice, insecurity, reflection, Reflections, thoughts, tryLeave a comment
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The Man, the Myth, the Laundry…

November 27, 2025 CJ Bowers

Today I woke up and decided I was going to be an adult...

Tagged adult, adulting, children, dad, funny, hard, help me, humour, laundry, legend, life, life lessons, man, myth, parent1 Comment
Pets, The Weekly Post

Tortured

November 23, 2025 CJ Bowers

A creature bound in suffering's chains...

Tagged animal, Creative Writing, dog, help, life, neglect, pain, pet, Pets, poem, sad, sick, tortureLeave a comment
Parenting, The Weekly Post

Parenting: Now With Bonus Parent-Like Behaviours

November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 CJ Bowers

My parents always warned me I’d “understand when I’m older.” Turns out “older” meant “the minute my toddler turned three."

Tagged age, chaos, child, children, father, help me, learning, older, parent, Parenting, son, struggle, wisdom1 Comment
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The Sound of Morning

November 9, 2025 CJ Bowers

A quiet remembrance for those who never came home.

Tagged conflict, contemplate, fight, peace, poppy, reflection, reflective, remembrance, remembrance day, soldier, struggle, thoughtful, war1 Comment
The Weekly Post

Ice, Ice…Maybe Not

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 CJ Bowers

Nothing says ‘first snowfall’ like brushing snow off the car while Vanilla Ice mocks you from the radio.

Tagged autumn, car, child, cold, decorations, fall, halloween, ice, kid, life, nature, parent, Parenting, radio, snow, weather, white, winterLeave a comment
Fiction, The Weekly Post

Pale in the Wheat

October 26, 2025 CJ Bowers

The fog never left that field—and something pale still waits among the wheat

Tagged autumn, books, creepy, fall, fantasy, Fiction, fields, fog, halloween, haunted, haunting, mystery, scarecrow, scary, short-story, story, wheat, writingLeave a comment

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