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Take Up Space, and Then Some More!

Wear those big glittery earrings! Let your hair down! Put on clothes that make you feel good!

5 min readApr 22, 2022

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Take Up Space, and Then Some More!

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Change-maker

Poetry — I am a thunderclap, electricity incarnate

1 min readApr 20, 2022

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Chronicles of the Determined Divorcee: Accepting the Winding Road of Healing

Essay — Healing looks different for everyone, but perhaps there are some things that won’t be healed in the ways we think they will.

4 min read1 day ago

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Chronicles of the Determined Divorcee: Accepting the Winding Road of Healing

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Ophelia Turner

Keyhole

Poetry — She buried the key to her words in a garden

1 min readApr 18, 2024

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Keyhole

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Ophelia Turner

City Day

Poetry — Taking a day for myself in the city

2 min readMar 12, 2024

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City Day

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this is not a poem

Poetry — too many thoughts to put words to, everything swirls together in a column of smoke

1 min readFeb 16, 2024

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this is not a poem

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Ophelia Turner

Candle in the Darkness: Surviving Winter as a Single Parent

Chronicles of the Determined Divorcee — The nights are long, the mornings cold and dark, and your strength might be starting to dip on…

5 min readFeb 15, 2024

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Candle in the Darkness: Surviving Winter as a Single Parent

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cocktail ride

poetry — memories of evening drives into sunsets, giggles over rum-soaked drinks at the colorful tiki bar, and songs that ignite our…

2 min readJul 5, 2023

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Chronicles of the Determined Divorcee: What Gratitude Really Looks Like After Divorce

Essay — My ex-husband didn’t go to our twins’ 5th grade graduation and I’m okay with that.

4 min readMay 27, 2023

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Chronicles of the Determined Divorcee: What Gratitude Really Looks Like After Divorce

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Chronicles of the Determined Divorcee: It’s Okay to Want Intimacy and Connection!

Essay — A desire for intimacy, for connection, is natural for humans.

5 min readMar 1, 2023

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Chronicles of the Determined Divorcee: It’s Okay to Want Intimacy and Connection!

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Ophelia Turner

Ophelia Turner

Dancer with words and my body. Writer of poetry, fiction, and essays. Member of the California Writer’s Club. Determined Divorcee and single mom of 4!

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