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She stared down at the Bible in her lap and drew a deep inhale. The tears had almost dried, but the shame was still fresh as she recalled what happened in the room across the hall moments before. The door…
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February 22, 2017 It wasn’t hot, and it wasn’t cold. The sky wasn’t sunny, but it wasn’t dark. The street was quiet, and a shade of gray surrounded us as we sat on Main Street. Ruben wore a black pea…
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Wild dolphins twice her size brushed past her legs. A school of fish bounced off her skin, and baby tiger sharks swam a couple feet away. Her heart raced as the waves pulsed, bouncing her like a tiny buoy. She…
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Settling in: to arrange yourself and the things you own so you feel comfortable in a new place. Approximately 2,100 times. I calculated the loose stat between old school jams as I jogged down Santa Monica Boulevard a couple weekends…
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A text screenshot saved in my “Things That Make Me Happy” Google doc from August 2016: “Closing time… Time for you to go back to the places you will be from…” Without fail, the Semisonic lyrics played over the speakers…
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“Self-pity is selfish!” Anthony yelled from the driver side of his Honda as it neared DeFalco’s Italian Deli. “And I’m sorry to say, but you’re fucking selfish.” I sat completely still in the passenger seat of my younger brother’s car….
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“‘Tomorrow, if we got divorced, I would be sad, but I would be okay.’” Beau adjusted his baseball cap as his left hand held back tightly wound dreadlocks, exposing bright tattoos and a rubber wedding band. In the year since…
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Over the past decade, since starting a greeting card company and transitioning it into this blog, I’ve met with many people who have sought advice on their product idea, including how to make it, where to sell it and what…
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The sound of thunder produces both feelings of fear and excitement: Fear of the effects of lightning and excitement that something big is about to begin. “I WILL SHIT IN YOUR BED,” Lauren says loudly, pointing towards the top of…
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“What’s everyone doing this weekend?” Adam asked. His deep, booming voice broke the soft silence in the small conference room where we crammed in to eat the Friday catered lunch. I teetered on the top of a blue stability ball…
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