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Continue reading →: Pick Your Poison
Staying at home is nice. You can sleep, relax, not care about anything going on in the outside world. Politics, global warming, the asteroid hurtling towards the Earth at breakneck speeds. None of that matters when I’m curled in the warm and comforting embrace of my bedroom sheets. Besides, being…
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Continue reading →: I Am…
I am…An assortment of contradictions.A hypocrite.A sinner and a saint.An impatient, patient person. I am…Smart and stupid.Sweet and sour.Nice with spice.Sharp but dull. SpenderSaver.A popular loser.Genuine.Fake. I am… Human.
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Continue reading →: A Funny Thought in my Sleep Deprived State
It was the middle of the night. The lights were off, except for a red light that lit up the corner of the room. In the shadows, my husband stood, staring down at our son’s face as he slept soundly. He placed a hand on his chest to check if…
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Continue reading →: Have You Ever?
Have you ever started a new job? Have you ever had someone at said new job think you were gluten intolerant and you were too awkward to say anything so you just kind of didn’t correct them? Did you then continue to not say anything for the entire two and…
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Continue reading →: The Prophecy
I wrote the below story back in December in the height of my prenatal depression. This story in and of itself, I wrote after setting a boundary with one of our family members in regards to visitation after the birth of my son. Their reaction was… less than ideal. And…
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Continue reading →: Joining the Ai Conversation
When it comes to Ai, there seems to be two different camps – those for it, and those against it – with each side having very vocal opinions. And it is a conversation that I have been avoiding. But, recently, I was reminded of a quote (and I am not…
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Continue reading →: A Little Life Update
Good morning, everyone! Or afternoon. Or evening. Good, whenever you’re reading this! A little less than a year ago, I disappeared from this platform. During that time, I shifted my focus more to Instagram. And then promptly disappeared from there as well. You may be wondering, or probably not because…
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Continue reading →: Unspoken
Inside these four wallsI am who I want to beA page spilling inkA storm of syllablesAloneBut not lonelySurrounded by the voicesI write into being. Outside of hereMy words stay silentTrapped behind teethA story unreadA name without meaningSurroundedBut so lonelyA sentence cut shortDying between the lines.
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Continue reading →: The Architect of Chaos
I am the architect of my own chaos. Yet, even as I build, I know the folly of my design. Each stone I lay – fear, doubt, or some half-forgotten pain – layered with mortar made of misplaced pride. These walls are not fortifications; they are prisons. And though I…
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Continue reading →: Will Orange Juice Cure My Depression?
Short answer… probably not likely. But placebos can have a powerful effect, right? So, if I am convincing enough and tell myself it over and over again, maybe it will. I wish that there was such a simple explanation to what has been going on with my body, but the…