Lynda Kathryn Parker - Writer on Reedsy Prompts

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Love is the Answer: My Second Chance at Life

Weekly Contest #342

My life hasn’t been easy. You see, I should have been dead a long time ago. As Langston Hughes says, “My life has not been a crystal stair.”I was an outwardly happy teenager. Inside, I was very depressed and broken. I am not entirely sure why. I had some trauma in my life, but only God knows for sure. I was approximately seven when I noticed that I was not like the other kids. I was always playing by myself.The earliest memory that I have is sitting on the highest pull-up bar looking down at the other kids playing with each other on the play...

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Do You Remember?: A Letter From A Student to Her Teacher

Lynda Kathryn Parker

Weekly Contest #341

Trigger Warning: This story mentions sexual assault and a psychiatric hospital stay. Dear Ms. Harding, Do you remember the “I Would Like Ms. Harding to Know” journaling assignments you would give us in your sixth grade English class at Hidden Path Middle School? Well, here is a journal entry just for you…many moons in the making. I was almost twelve years old. I was in the class that had the Gifted and Talented Program students, even though I was not in the program. My mother did not want me to be tested for the program because she felt I pu...

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I'm neurodivergent writer diagnosed with schizoaffective, borderline personality, social anxiety, and generalized anxiety disorders who wants to share experiences growing up at a time when being different in a time when differences were not always appreciated.

This is a pseudonym because in feel free from the restraints of my real identity to write what I want. As Langston Hughes says in one of his poems, my life has not always been a crystal stair. Because of this, I have undiagnosed complex post traumatic stress. But I have decided to break free of the chains of what others think of me.

I live in Texas with my fiance and 6 cats. I like to crochet, dance, listen to music, write, experiment with quesadillas, drink tea, play math and chemistry games, and spend time with my friends and former teachers.