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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 Creative Writing, struggle, time, life, mental health, writing, author, words, creative, books, forgetful, creativity, win, lose, triumphs, failuresLeave 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
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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
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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
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Before the Sun

September 22, 2025 CJ Bowers

The days are shrinking, but there’s still beauty in the dark.

Tagged autumn, dark, darkness, days, fall, father, life, morning, nights, parent, parenthood, reflection, son, sun, timeLeave a comment
Parenting, The Weekly Post

Making Room

September 8, 2025 CJ Bowers

Tiny shoes, worn blankets, quiet goodbyes.

Tagged dad, family, fatherhood, growing, lessons, life, life lessons, love, mom, motherhood, parent, Parenting, sonLeave a comment
Reflections, The Weekly Post

The Soft Edge of Day

August 25, 2025August 25, 2025 CJ Bowers

The day is done. The dishes are undone. And still, the quiet finds me — a child asleep, a dog at my feet, the hum of the fridge. This is the soft edge of day.

Tagged appreicate, appreication, child, day, dog, life, night, reflect, reflection, relax, thoughts, writingLeave a comment
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What If My Dog Ran My Life?

August 17, 2025August 18, 2025 CJ Bowers

Work. Walks. Rest. Love. River keeps it simple, and maybe I should too.

Tagged animal, day, dog, dogs, enjoy, family, food, life, love, morning, relax, rest, slow, walk, work, writing1 Comment
Parenting, The Weekly Post

Be Brave Enough to Be Bad

August 3, 2025August 3, 2025 CJ Bowers

Being terrible at something in front of your kid might be the bravest thing you do today.

Tagged bold, boy, brave, child, family, father, fatherhood, kid, life, mental health, motherhood, new, parent, Parenting, son, talent, toddler, try, tryingLeave a comment

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