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Unexpected
Write about your dream home. When my children’s father committed suicide three years ago, all I could focus on was buying a house. We needed a home—no more renting and barely settling down before moving to the next place. I craved a place where we could heal together. Three months after he passed, we left — read more
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God’s Blessings
I’m pretty okay with the way life is… I sit here in a Starbucks shop near my home, drinking a pistachio latte. My husband and kids still barely awake. Today is the SuperBowl. Plans of making lasagna and cheesecake and watching the game at a friends house. My dad will be joining us, bringing a — read more
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My Heart in Parma Pt I
This morning, I learned that my cousin’s mother died recently. My cousin and her family live in Parma, Italy. We met for the first time in 2017. I was on the brink of a divorce, a bit lost within myself. I took a trip to Italy solo to reconnect with myself and my roots. In — read more
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Headstrong
“I am all about you, to bless and restore.” (Young, 76). God, sometimes I really don’t know how to give you my problems. They feel like they just want to pile back onto me as soon as I drop them at your feet. My mind is riddled with racing thoughts, difficult to deviate away from — read more
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A Valuable Gift
How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life? Life events and the passage of time allow for a better lens of the different layers of life. Being a human has so many eccentricities, and experiencing the loves, sorrows, tragedies, and excitement that life offers allows you to understand — read more
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Pitter Patter
Today I turn the age of thirty-five Never in my life have I felt more urgency to live my life I know that at sixty, this year won’t sound so old, But today, in this moment, it feels quite bold. 35 is a prime number, Wait, no it isn’t! It’s definitely odd A year I — read more
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Elevator Dreams
“When you walk this path, you live above your circumstances..” (Young, 28). Last night, I had what felt like a never ending dream of going up and down an elevator in a casino. I was trying to get to floor 6.3 and 6.5.. and also an 8.4, but the elevators could move sideways in addition — read more
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A Little Girl’s Dreams
What books do you want to read? Is it wrong to say that I want to read my own?! I’m so eager to be published—it kills me! I don’t know when my first book will be ready, but it is currently going through illustrations. The remember wanting to be a writer when I was quite — read more
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Hey God, it’s me H.P. Logan
God, I beg and plead and plead and beg for a fit body. I want a skinny little waist and nice toned arms. I want smooth, slender legs and a pretty nice bum. God I know that I’m not putting in the time and I know that lasting changes don’t happen with the blink of — read more
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Rhymes with Sus
Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting. A prompt is not good enough for me. I need to be better, don’t you see? The easy way out—too simple, for me. My writing should be about topics unseen. But too much pressure, and the words won’t come. — read more
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