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  • Placing Universal Boundaries

    You are not the ever-expanding universe. You deserve to have boundaries, but they don’t have to be perfect. When you are finally ready to put these in place after years of letting every comet and star collide with you, it is time for a peaceful evening. a small, defiant star softly glowing, still guiding. Just…

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  • What Can You Burn to Feel Warm?

    Feel icicles on your eyelashes? Are snowflakes drifting from your words? Certain people, events, and emotions in our lives have a natural coolness that steals your inner spark, leaving you frostbitten. So, if you are shivering, here’s a list of things you can burn to warm up: Bridges to places that no longer serve you.…

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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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  • Three Things that Grow in an Abandoned Garden

    One moment you believe your garden is flourishing, then a gardener walks away, and you are left with silence and an emptiness you never thought possible, but here’s what is extraordinary about abandoned gardens. They grow what they want. It doesn’t matter that this red rose appeared in the middle of a daisy patch or…

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  • Silent Shatters

    Not everything ends with an explosion. Some of the most tragic events of our lives fall softer than a feather landing on the ground; however, the small moments crush our hearts more than the large catastrophes. Here is my list of events that caused my heart to shatter, in no particular order: What shatters your…

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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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  • Peace Looks and Tastes like…

    Peace looks different to every person and don’t let anyone tell you what you do to survive isn’t necessary. If you need to sit in a dark room for an hour, cry in the shower, or scream into the void, do what you need to do to regulate yourself. No one can truly understand what…

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  • The Quiet Strength of Closed Doors

    close the door. let it slam! Or shut it quietly if the room you are spending time in no longer brings you happiness… know there are other rooms that yearn for your company

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