mental-health
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Walls
Anyone who knows me well, knows that Tom Petty is one of my childhood heroes. His music was the soundtrack to the majority of my formative years, and remains some of the most important music in my life to date. His song ‘Won’t Back Down’ is the theme song of my life, representing the core Continue reading
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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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“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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Silent All These Years
Growing up, I was mostly a quiet child, at least in public. Around select friends and family it was hard to get me to shut up at times. I had to feel at ease to really open up. Sometimes I wonder if I was born this way, or if I grew into it… being relatively Continue reading
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The Underdogs
Last night I gifted my niece (Abby) and nephew (Wyatt) an alien themed beach ball I had gotten them as a souvenir from my recent trip to Roswell, NM. As we were playing, Abby (two years older than Wyatt) quickly turned it into a game of “whoever touches it first gets the ball.” As I Continue reading
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Cosmos of Kate 