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About dahnajeen

I'm Donna Jean Hunter. I'm also Donna Cox - former married name and the name I share with my children and with my ex-husband, father of my children, and friend, David Cox. My 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Patterson told me I was a great writer and would be an author when I grew up. She always had me read my stories to the class, and even took me around to the other classrooms to have me read to them. I'm pretty sure the other kids all hated me that year. I don't care though. I love Mrs. Patterson. Of course she did not know then about the Internet and blogging, how much of what people read would no longer be on paper - and how much of it would be done for free! - when I grew up. I have had 10 or 12 of my pieces published in college literary journals, and for a while during college, I actually received pay for working as a technical writer. Then for a few years I taught writing to teenagers as a high school English teacher. But other than that, I can't say I'm a writer in the sense that it is what I do for a living. But I am a writer. I have been all my life and can’t see myself ever stopping whether anyone reads it or not. I hope someone enjoys some of it.

Are you blessed? Or are you bragging?

Posted on July 14, 2014 by dahnajeen

Some days I feel it more deeply than other days – the empty, achy feeling caused by the lack of something I’ve always wanted desperately, but cannot have. It doesn’t matter what it is; my point would apply to any … Continue reading →

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Daddies Matter

Posted on June 14, 2014 by dahnajeen

There is just no substitute for Daddy.  There is nothing else that can fill the space meant to be filled by a good, loving father who is actively involved on a daily basis in his children’s lives, and on a … Continue reading →

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Silver Lining? No? Oh.

Posted on December 30, 2013 by dahnajeen

Once, years ago, I noticed this beautiful head of hair in front of me in a public place. I thought it was a young woman with platinum blonde hair. Then she turned around and I saw that she was – … Continue reading →

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I Am You, You Are Me

Posted on December 18, 2013 by dahnajeen

We are all connected, joined together by invisible threads. When we hurt one other person, we hurt ourselves, hurt humanity. Each of us is all of us. Love each other.

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A Christmas Fantasy

Posted on December 14, 2013 by dahnajeen

Here’s how it would be in my world: There would be no such thing as Christmas once a year.  All of the good things about Christmas would be divided evenly by 12 and scattered throughout the year.  (All of the … Continue reading →

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Broken Hearts Teach

Posted on August 5, 2013 by dahnajeen

I want to tell you something about people who have had their hearts broken.I don’t mean a teenage crush not working out; I mean a really, truly, thoroughly BROKEN heart. That isn’t always from a romance; in fact I think … Continue reading →

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Trying To Enjoy The Ride

Posted on July 10, 2013 by dahnajeen

Skidding  . . . Spinning  . . . Rolling  . . . Screaming  . . . Boom!  Wish I would hurry up and get to the part where I’m surprisingly OK. I’ve told a few people about the car wreck … Continue reading →

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Time

Posted on June 24, 2013 by dahnajeen

I’ve been thinking since this morning about time.  It started as I finished a hurried, distracted conversation with someone who has so much to tell me but not enough time to tell it because she has to get to work.  … Continue reading →

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I Wish I Had Treated Her Better

Posted on June 24, 2013 by dahnajeen

I’ve heard almost everyone I know, who knew my niece Kami, say something along those lines since she passed. It’s probably one of the most common feelings of loved ones when anyone dies. Because even if you basically treated a … Continue reading →

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Dedicated to Kami Hunter – Peril and Rescue on the Farm

Posted on May 4, 2013 by dahnajeen

The below is also published in the 2009-2010 Tarrant County College Fine Arts Literary Journal, “Marine Creek Reflections,” along with a few other of my pieces which I may add here later. These three narratives are all true. The “28 … Continue reading →

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