Some days I catch myself moving through the hours like I’m in somebody else’s body. Sort of like I’m borrowing a life because I misplaced my own; or never really […]
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What Life? I Ain’t Got No Life.
I was rewatching The Revenant today, mostly because sometimes you just need a little TOM HARDY. But there was a line I had forgotten about. One of the fur trappers […]
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Why Buying Nothing Is Suddenly Cool Again
I’ve been watching this whole buy-nothing trend slip into the mainstream lately. It’s funny, in a way. We’ve somehow managed to make being broke fashionable. LOL. You can almost hear […]
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The Woman at the Well (Spoiler Alert; It’s You)
I just realized that I’m the Samaritan woman at the well. Or basically in a similar situation. If we use her as an archetype, her story becomes very relevant to […]
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Going Far Together
Someone once said: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others. I really love this saying. It has encapsulated, in a […]
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The Lanterns
There’s a little neighborhood not too far from where I live, the sort of place you miss if you blink or if your car radio is turned up too loud. […]
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I Am Changed
I am changed. It’s a very simple statement really, but not at all simplistic. Sometimes when a person becomes too comfortable in what they have and who they are, they […]
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So, Be a Survivor
What happens when life kicks you so hard that you’re not sure if you can get back up? I remember seeing something years ago; one of those inspirational quotes that […]
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The Pit of Despair (And Why We Need to Stop Digging)
You know that feeling when you’ve tried so many times to fix something that you just… stop trying? When the effort itself feels pointless because nothing ever changes anyway? In […]
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Remember When?
Remember when neighbors used to borrow cups of sugar? Not just when they were desperately out, but because borrowing and lending was just what people did. It was a way […]