most recent thought…
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Read more: one more
It’s been a long day. I’ve been telling myself we’ll make it to bedtime with everyone’s sanity and hearts intact. I’ve been telling myself we’re doing great and it’s ok to be a little tuckered out. I’ve been telling myself I’m just a little tense with the old nerves, it’s been a long day, you…
other thinkings…
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a seat at the table
Read more: a seat at the tableIn the sixth grade, my teacher read a story I wrote and she offered me the chance to share it to our class. I sat in the front row of all the desks, overly aware that my crush was a mere few feet away. I opened my bright blue marble composition notebook on my lap, anxious at the thought that my classmates might not like…
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rambler at heart
Read more: rambler at heartI don’t know what to say, other than the journey has been weary. To come to a place where I still yearn to tell a story, any story, perhaps even my story…I will not leave this place soon. There has always been a desire within me to capture an audience’s attention with a good story. I remember in the third grade when we had a…
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midnight whispers
Read more: midnight whispersOne in the morning and you look out at the lake. Vast, immense–at this time of night it seems as if it could go on forever. Much like wayward thoughts that have been waiting for you to drop your guard to make their assault. And assault it is. Thoughts you have managed to keep at bay, managed to dutifully ignore or minimize–they arrive now, whispers…
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true north
Read more: true northYou drive the highway, feel life pull you in different directions, but his the strongest. A magnet, true north—all other directions relate to this. Night darkens around you both until the green lights of the dash illuminate his face, and his eyes become eternal. The moment stands infinite and fleeting all at once, and you think to yourself, “How long can this possibly last?” You can’t imagine…
Do justice. Love kindness. Walk humbly.
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