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what’s left? wisdom from my mama.
View post: what’s left? wisdom from my mama.This too shall pass, my dear. She said, The sun will go on rising for years and years. – When girls are mean and my makeup smears. She said, Get them out of your head, but this too shall pass, my dear. – When I’m embarrassed and can’t hide the tears. She said, Tears need…
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Childhood is…
View post: Childhood is…Scraped knees, forcing down these mushy peas. Constant scratching like a dog with fleas. Magic is real and the magic word is please. It is swing, swing, release. Wide eyed, making the perfect mud pie. How did that frog get in your pocket? Just a little lie. The right speed and angle and you and…
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Travelling.
View post: Travelling.Today, the bus is different from what I’m used to. The man with the gold glasses and the rich voice has been replaced with a thirty something overweight man in need of a lozenge. The wires that typically run along the length of the bus in little droops aren’t here. Here there are little red…
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Absence.
View post: Absence.There lived a girl who had all she needed and more. She had a dad who taught her how to fish while telling made up stories with silly voices. He would say, “And then the evil lobster man would gobble the pretty princess up in one great big bite. Chomp!” The girl would laugh. She…
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Small & Insignificant.
View post: Small & Insignificant.It was a miniscule mutt, ten pounds of pure mischief, that broke me down. It was that same mutt, all ten pounds of him, that built me into the person I am today. I was sitting on my yellow, worn-out couch studying for my Greek and Roman history final when a pop up for pet…
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Anger.
View post: Anger.Trigger warning: self harm Yesterday I felt a surge of anger over something miniscule. It overtook my whole body leaving me at its fiery mercy. Growing up I learned that anger was a shameful thing and it should be avoided at all costs. You never tell someone that you’re angry, you say “I’m feeling frustrated”…
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Thanksgiving.
View post: Thanksgiving.2 Corinthians 9: 6-15 “The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to…
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