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You Can Ring My Bell, Finally!
Life Transitions

You Can Ring My Bell, Finally!

October 17, 2021April 12, 2025 Stephanie Ortiz12 Comments

September 29th came and went without any fanfare (like a tree falling in the forest with no one to hear it) though I rang that bell anyway. I didn’t plan anything. Why bother? They didn’t have a bell for me when I finished the hardcore stuff–remember the No-Bell Prize? My No-Bell Prize I couldn’t even… Continue reading You Can Ring My Bell, Finally!

My No-Bell Prize
Chemo Daze

My No-Bell Prize

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 Stephanie Ortiz13 Comments

I won the No-bell Prize Thursday on my last day of hard-core chemo! You’ve got to watch the video at the end to see for yourself. But before I get started, I had my last day planned–down to the very word I’d use to describe it. Thanks to a friend who wrote, “celebrate ringing the… Continue reading My No-Bell Prize

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I’m Stephanie Ortiz, a storyteller–like a professional organizer; only I use words instead of boxes. I’ve written fiction and nonfiction since being a journalism major at UNC-Chapel Hill–before there were iPhones, to know a story when it hits me. And whenever I need a muse, there’s always real life to draw from.

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