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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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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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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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On the morning of January 1, 2017, I sat on the living room floor, slightly suffocating from the previous night’s long-sleeve sequin dress that required too much energy to remove. My phone laid face-down to hide the glow of incoming…
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For the past 3 years I’ve been blogging without much direction, trying to please as many people as possible. Maybe you feel that way sometimes: stunted by not knowing which direction to go and/or which way will lead you to…
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“There’s only memories that mean something. And memories that don’t.” The words slipped from Sylvester Stallone’s lips and quickly found a new home in the depths of my iPhone Notes among titles to books never read and life quotes by…
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Agile (n.): Able to move quickly and easily. Relating to or denoting a method of project management, used especially for software development, that is characterized by the division of tasks into short phases of work and frequent reassessment and adaptation…
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