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  • 14 Quiet Signs Change Is on the Way

    Every day is called a fresh start, but change is more than waking up and deciding everything is different. Real change is quieter than that. It doesn’t always arrive with a clear beginning or a dramatic shift. Instead, it reveals itself in small, almost unnoticeable moments. These are the signs that something in your life…

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  • Never Have I Ever

    Never have I ever is a game you play with friends, where secrets slip out between laughter and raised glasses. You admit to things you might otherwise keep buried, comforted by the possibility that someone else has done the same. In all honesty, we all carry things we’d rather not revisit. By sharing and seeing…

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  • Elegy for the Ordinary

    There are things we live beside so often we stop noticing them until they leave. Just slowly enough that one day you reach for them… and they’re no longer there. A great night’s sleepThe kind that wraps around you and lets your mind rest without asking why. Where is the rest without thinking about every…

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  • Beautiful Disasters

    There is a certain kind of beauty that only exists in the undone…the spilled, the tangled, the almost forgotten. Not everything soft is clean.  Some things are meant to be lived in—not perfected. Some of the most beautiful moments are the messiest ones. Here is a poetic list for anyone learning to love the chaos…

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  • A Slow Spring Welcome

          I really try to notice the small moments that make up our lives. Milestones always deserve praise and applause, but they only happen a few times a year if we are lucky. Every day is filled with little things to celebrate, and if we only live for the big moments, then our lives become…

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  • What Wilted Roses Remember…

    We live in the moment now, but what happens when we slow down? When we are not able to jump in the car and drive to New Orleans on a whim? Or dance in the rain at midnight? All we will have is our memories… and I like to believe that all living creatures, even…

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