September 2023
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Love Has Many Forms

Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. She tried to capture what it felt like. But she couldn’t find the words. How do you capture it when it wears so many different faces, hums so many different melodies, listens & speaks & pulls you in? It’s like the sun—the way it… Continue reading
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In the Moment

I remember yearning For what I have now. For comforting friendships, Silence interrupted by Giggles & laughter that are loud. I pause in these moments. I look around. I marvel at the way The world works. How hope, & goodness, & love Abound. Some may capture this In photographs, But I try to use words.… Continue reading
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The Lady on the Corner

Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home. I stare out the window as we drive. I spent months daydreaming about this place, and now I see that it’s more beautiful than I ever imagined it would be. The trees are taller than any I’ve seen in my life; the leaves a… Continue reading
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Remember Her

What brings a tear of joy to your eye? A fourteen year old girl sits in the car with her mom, daydreaming as she gazes out the window. She is thinking of the future–of whom she might be when she is eighteen, when she is twenty-two, when she is twenty-three. That girl is you. That… Continue reading
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The Garden Party Himself

Interview someone — a friend, another blogger, your mother, the mailman — and write a post based on their responses. Charismatic, imaginative, and friendly–three words that perfectly describe my dad. My parents own their own business called “The Garden Party”, where they grow flowers, run a garden center store, and tend to the yards of… Continue reading
