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Birthday orchid
my birthday was yesterday when I opened my Google pictures the first thing I saw was my best friend who passed away last march. First I cried for a long while. Then I decided to take it as a message, maybe he was just telling me happy birthday. The first one of the day, too.…
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skeletons always come out of the closet
whether we want them to, or not. What is it they say? What’s done in the dark will always find a way to shine? it’s true. Intentions don’t matter. Actions and words do. So when your actions don’t match up with your words, how easily can you look in the mirror and call yourself a…
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first day
I spend a lot of my time selling myself short of things. Like the older i get, the more my fears get amplified. I remember climbing a tree as a kid, completely forgetting how afraid I am of heights, until I reached the highest point and then panicked when I couldn’t get myself down. Someone…
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We were watching an Anthony Bourdain documentary the other night and I got to thinking about his suicide. It’s easy to make assumptions, to romanticize sadness and keep it in your back pocket, ready for the “I told you so” the moment your feelings get hurt. When I first heard about his hanging, I was…
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Love is patient
We all know the phrase, right? Love is patient, love is kind. I’ve been having a hard time lately with the “patient” part, and you’d be surprised how much that affects the “kind” portion of it. If I’m not fully indulging both, am I still giving love? Here’s a hard pill to swallow: no, I’m…
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About the (out)fit(s)
I watched the damn thing (The Intern starring my favorite, Anne Hathaway) on our flight to Washington and I got slightly inspired to photograph my outfits as I traveled the Great Pacific NorthWest! anyway, here’s a bunch of selfies 🤳
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Unspoken
It’s easy to fall back into my “I don’t have anything important” to say cycles whenever I have writer’s block. And when I start with that there’s no stopping the avalanche of self-pitying immediately followed by the self-loathing. And so it goes, for weeks or months or years, where suddenly I have nothing to say.…
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Update from my phone
I literally closed my laptop after I finished the previous post and I was feeling so good! So I was like let me just check my online math class (little filler, I am in college I take online classes and I really did keep dropping out earlier in my 20s so this is my 4th…
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Going Home
Hello world! So, remember when I mentioned that this will be a learning process for all of us because I have no idea how to use The Internet? Well, thanks to the wonderful feedback from my friends–which I basically send links to every time I post something new because I love, nay, require, validation–I will…
A Life Worth Living 