Michelle Hanley

Writer | Trainer | Instructional Designer

[Michelle Hanley @mhanley254]

@blckriflecoffee @TrialClint She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

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@stephenRB4 Happy birthday!!

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@RGIII As the daughter of a girl dad, I 💯 agree!

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@321gaux It actually gets better after 40. Go forth & keep killing it!

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Stories that stick with me:

May 2002, I visited Arlington Cemetery for the first time & saw a young officer in khakis looking up a grave.

Who was it? A relative? Someone he went to basic with? Was he injured and sent home before his brother?

I’ll never not wonder.

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@stephenRB4 😂 I worked with a woman who checked the paper every morning for her obituary because if it was there, she’d know she was a ghost and wouldn’t have to go to work anymore.

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@elonmusk Put the A-Team on mental health care improvements. My little sis is lucky - she has a tribe fighting for her. But a lot of people don’t. And either way - the dark forest is dark and vast and incredibly hard to navigate.

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My baby sister checked herself into the mental health hospital last week - 20 years after the last time when she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. She’s going through it right now & there’s nothing for me to do but pray. And tell her story.

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@RGIII Just had this convo with my team at work today: Everyone is going through something.

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Home from Ireland. Letting myself get over the jet lag before getting back to my story but I’m really looking forward to diving back in.

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I spent my last two mornings writing at McBrew in Donegal - had a breakthrough yesterday and kept it going today. Didn’t get as much written on this trip as I’d hoped but taking the win.

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@stephenRB4 Ireland. But I’d totally pay…like I am right now.

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So. My lovely writing retreat has been pretty derailed by work. As in, I’ve worked no less than 2 hours a day since beginning my vacation on Saturday.

I’d take a pay decrease over zero time to decompress.

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This manuscript is a mess. The weird thing is that I think I’ll be able to print the chapters, shuffle them around, and salvage a massive chunk of it. Weird.

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Yes, I still use an @hotmail.com email address. No, I don’t plan on changing it unless I have no other choice.

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@321gaux The Last Rifleman

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@stephenRB4 I actually do. I grew up in a small town and went to a small Catholic school though. Between my parents, sisters, and I, we’ve stayed connected with a lot of the families. But some of my closest friends are women I’ve known since I was 4 years old.

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I’ve decided the sequence of events in my manuscript is wrong. I’ve also managed to make myself keep writing - with promises to fix it on edits. It’s killing me but I’m pretty sure it’s the only way I’ll complete this darn thing.

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@RondaWellsBooks @MadcapCreations @MiffieSeideman Thanks for the recommendation! Just ordered!

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Whatever it takes to trim the corruption that’s siphoning off real care for real people in need is well overdue.

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Not long ago, my sister was kicked off Medicare because her schizophrenia was “under control”. It’s not curable. Regular treatment can control it (-ish). She was reinstated only after a year of hard work. Anyone who takes from people like her should be ashamed.