Today, Chin Up

I did my best to make the place feel like home. Fluffed it up, added lamps, pillows, plants, a tea kettle, and baskets. It’s something.

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Lucky to Have You

This photo was taken on the evening of September 11, 2001. Her complete oblivion to the day’s gravity remains precious to me. I remember watching

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Counting it Down

Part of me thinks it would be easier if she just left now. An abrupt departure sounds more tolerable than the slow drip of time

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Precious Glimpse

We drove up to his residence cottage at the boarding school he attended and waited. Once outside, he walked toward our truck with a book

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Before First Birdsong

Due to my car battery’s decision to enter early retirement, Adam came up yesterday to swap it out and spend a quick night. It might

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Caught Between

  "I'm trying to picture what it would feel like to not be permanently here, but caught between here and somewhere else. " Michelle left

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Deserves to be Told

It was Mother’s Day and I was twelve or thirteen years old. We were sitting in a restaurant, perched high on the bank of a

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