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Misfits
Growing up female has taught me many things. First and foremost, men are necessary in your life. You are helpless and sad without a man at your side. Prince charming is out there, and it is your duty in life to find him. If you do not find your prince charming, the world will cast Continue reading
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Time
I think a lot about time. The gift that it is, the strength it takes to endure it, the enemy it can turn into, and the one thing we always end up craving more of. Growing up in a rural town in southern Oregon, on 20 acres of forested land, summers were what I lived Continue reading
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The Energy Within
It’s always been interesting to me, the things we remember from our childhoods. Seemingly mundane conversations and scenarios can end up being core memories, while big events might remain vague memories. I have many memories with my grandma Hilda (my paternal grandmother), most of which are some of the happiest I have, and I think Continue reading
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“Grace? She passed away 30 years ago!”
As children, we often do things to learn our boundaries, and push them as far as we can. I know I certainly did. I ended up with a dog bite to my face and a lifetime of guilt from various other childhood acts that I am not at all proud of. However, my father told Continue reading
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Life As An Empath
Growing up with an ER nurse for a mom definitely has its perks, let me tell you. Any time my brother or I got injured or sick, she knew exactly what to do and was a rockstar at making things better. That being said, there were SO MANY times I tried to milk situations to Continue reading
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The Dog and the Dragon
I vividly recall a particular moment at the lunch table in grade school when a fellow student was polling everyone sitting nearby “would you rather kill a person or an animal?” WTF? Kids… amiright? To which I immediately answered, without hesitation, “a person.” I could not fathom harming a sweet, helpless animal, but even at Continue reading
Cosmos of Kate 