#secondchance

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2025-12-24
Women Using WordsWomenUsingWords
2025-12-19

I just reviewed What Happens on Location by Nan Campbell

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2025-12-09

Will You Change Your Life Tomorrow, The Quiet-Part 3

Part-2: https://wp.me/p84YjG-9YE

Will You Change Your Life Tomorrow

After reading the first part and the second part, the question becomes simple. If tomorrow arrived with a clean slate, would you change how you live? Not someday. Not when things calm down. Tomorrow.

Most people say yes. Then they wait. They keep routines that drain them. They keep people who hurt them. They keep silence where truth should be. They tell themselves they need more time. They do not. They need courage.

What stops you from changing now?

You know the answer. It is not a lack of information. It is not a lack of opportunity. It is the fear of discomfort. Changing your life means breaking habits that feel safe, even when they hurt you. It means facing conversations you avoided for years. It means leaving roles that made you small.

You can name exactly what you should do. You can feel the truth sitting in your chest. You still delay it.

What you already know but avoid

You know who you should call

You know which apology you owe

You know what you should stop doing

You know who drains you

You know who you failed to appreciate

You know the version of yourself you want to grow into

None of this is a mystery. The only mystery is why you wait for a crisis to act on it.

The cost of waiting

Waiting costs you years. It costs you a connection. It costs you health. It costs you the life you could have lived if you stopped carrying the same old fear.

Regret grows in silence. It grows in the gap between who you are and who you know you should be. That gap does not close by accident. It closes when you stop postponing the changes that matter.

One choice you can make today

If you were to change your life tomorrow, you can change one part of it today. You do not need a dramatic shift. You need one action that proves you are not trapped in the same cycle.

Send the message

Make the call

End the habit

Start the habit

Tell the truth

Ask the question

Let someone in

Act like you already used up your first life and woke up with a second. Because in a way, you did. Every morning is the return you keep overlooking.

If tomorrow were guaranteed as a fresh start, what would you do differently? And if you can name it, why not start it now?

#change #meaning #purpose #regret #secondchance #ZsoltZsemba

2025-12-08

Second Chance After the Quiet- Part 2

Part-1: https://wp.me/p84YjG-9YD

What a second chance forces you to face

Picture this. You die. You see your life with perfect clarity. Then you wake up again in your own bed with a second chance. No warning. No explanation. Just another shot.

The shock would hit fast. The details of your days would look smaller. Your excuses would feel thin. You would see how much time you gave to things that never fed you.

What a second chance forces you to face

You would notice who you hurt by staying silent. You would notice who you ignored while chasing goals that never mattered. You would see how often fear guided your choices. Fear of being rejected. Fear of looking weak. Fear of being honest.

A second chance strips away that fear. You know how the story ends. You know what you lost. You know what you wasted. It turns your priorities into simple truths.

What would you change first

You would pick up the phone. You would fix one relationship instead of letting pride win. You would set healthier boundaries at work so you stop trading your life for tasks that mean nothing. You would speak your feelings without waiting for the perfect moment that never comes.

You would protect your health. You would sleep more. You would stop numbing yourself with habits that stole years.

You would choose presence. Real presence.

Why does regret feel different the second time

Regret hits harder when you return aware of every moment you misused. It is not sadness. It is clarity. You remember the exact faces that needed you. You remember the exact words you failed to say. You remember the chances to be kind that you let pass.

The pain is sharp because you know you can change it now.

How to use this second chance today

Act like you already died once. Treat today as the unexpected return.

Tell the truth you hid.

Ask for help.

Repair one strained connection.

Say I love you without waiting for safety.

Give attention to the people who showed up for you.

Release grudges that kept you stuck.

Build habits that make you feel alive.

You do not need a near-death moment to live with this urgency. You only need to decide that the second chance starts now.

If you got it, what would you change first?

#lifelessons #meaning #purpose #regret #secondchance #ZsoltZsemba

2025-12-08

Ready for a new week? Butch/Femme Fiction suggestions for the I Heart SapphFic featured reading challenge category for the week of 12/08/25: Second Chance.
#lesfic #readingchallenge #secondchance #sapphicbooks #bookstodon #readingcommunity #butchfemme #wlw #lesbian #lgbtq #lgbtqia
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Book covers for the I Heart SapphFic reading challenge category for the week of 12/08/25 on a shoreline/distant horizon background: Second Chance.
2025-12-08

“The stranger is no stranger at all. She's none other than Livia.
My ex. My first female lover. The woman who’s made me realize that I’ll never be able to find happiness with a man.
The person who broke my heart. The person whose heart I broke.
Livia.”

– From my #sapphic #novel Returning Home to Her ✍️ 📖 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

#OnSale for $ 2.99 Dec 8–12:
It’s #SecondChance Week! 💞

iheartsapphfic.com/2025/12/08/

#IHeartSapphic #booksale #romancenovel #romance #lesbian #lesfic #womenlovewomen #queer #LGBTQIA

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"I Heart SapphFic 2025 Reading Challenge: Week #49 – Second Chance" poster: A lot of books with a rainbow in the background and the cover of Jutta Swietlinski's novel Returning Home to Her.
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2025-12-06
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2025-12-04

College undergrads support second chances for people with felony records, but not always. Find out who is considered more deserving in this article by Rena C. Zito, Stacy De Coster, and Eden J. Ralph.

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10

#sociology #secondChance #felony #collateralConsequences #college

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As kids, they were inseparable. When tragedy struck and circumstances pulled them apart, Senya lost everyone who ever cared about her. A group project brings the four guys and Senya together one last time, but it's clear they're not kids anymore...and it changes everything. Can she forgive them? When tragedy strikes again, will it ruin everything?

link: https://a.co/d/3F86QCB


#serenalindahl #lostandfound #tragedy #secondchance #rhromance #newadult #tbr
•´¯`•. ℓσѕт & ƒσυη∂ .•´¯`•

As kids, they were inseparable. When tragedy struck and circumstances pulled them apart, Senya lost everyone who ever cared about her. A group project brings the four guys and Senya together one last time, but it's clear they're not kids anymore...and it changes everything. Can she forgive them? When tragedy strikes again, will it ruin everything?

link: https://a.co/d/3F86QCB


#serenalindahl #lostandfound #tragedy #secondchance #rhromance #newadult #tbr
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Serena Lindahl is fantastic at turning out heart breaking books with sweet and fulfilling endings and this one is no different. - Amazon Reviewer

As kids, they were inseparable. When tragedy struck and circumstances pulled them apart, Senya lost everyone who ever cared about her. A group project brings the four guys and Senya together one last time, but it's clear they're not kids anymore...and it changes everything. Can she forgive them? When tragedy strikes again, will it ruin everything?

link: https://a.co/d/3F86QCB


This is a full-length, standalone, non-bully, young adult / new adult, whychoose contemporary story about love lost and found. Mature language, subject matter, and scenes. Trigger warning - one scene involving domestic violence, talks about past abuse.

#serenalindahl #lostandfound #tragedy #secondchance #rhromance #newadult #tbr
•´¯`•. 𝔏𝔬𝔰𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔣𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 .•´¯`•

Serena Lindahl is fantastic at turning out heart breaking books with sweet and fulfilling endings and this one is no different. - Amazon Reviewer

As kids, they were inseparable. When tragedy struck and circumstances pulled them apart, Senya lost everyone who ever cared about her. A group project brings the four guys and Senya together one last time, but it's clear they're not kids anymore...and it changes everything. Can she forgive them? When tragedy strikes again, will it ruin everything?

link: https://a.co/d/3F86QCB


This is a full-length, standalone, non-bully, young adult / new adult, whychoose contemporary story about love lost and found. Mature language, subject matter, and scenes. Trigger warning - one scene involving domestic violence, talks about past abuse.

#serenalindahl #lostandfound #tragedy #secondchance #rhromance #newadult #tbr
2025-11-14

#lesficfri
*** LEG ***
“A gentle femme Wiccan. A hard butch enforcement strategist. When the Panther meets the Dove, healing from tragedy in two very different worlds may finally be worth fighting for.” Available at Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.
tiffanyetaylor.com/the-panther

#lossgrieving #sept11 #wiccan #lawenforcement #secondchance #maturelead40 #hotsteamy #butchfemme #lesfic #sapphicbooks #bookstodon #readingcommunity #lesbian #lgbtq #lgbtqia
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The book cover of The Panther and the Dove by Tiffany E. Taylor on a background of New York City at night, with the World Trade Center site marked by two blue beams reaching into the sky to signify the fallen towers, a book blurb, and the purchase location icons for LesFicFri on 11/14/25. Theme: “LEG.”
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2025-11-14

Ready for a second chance at pain-free living? Don't let hip replacement anxiety hold you back! Ask your surgeon about your new hip's expected lifespan (20-25 years or more!) and how your health and lifestyle will impact its longevity
Watch full episode at therokuchannel.roku.com/detail

2025-11-06

9/9 Wenn ihr auf der Suche nach einer tief emotionalen Liebesgeschichte in einem Kleinstadt-Setting seid, dann ist das hier das richtige Buch für euch. #buchblogger #miasheridan #secondchance #brokenhero #friendstolovers

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