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Poetry- I Wish I Had A Friend
I wish I had a friend, Who never gets tired of me; Who makes sure my laughter never ends, A friend who appreciates the good in me. I wish I had a friend, Who stays by my side when I’m sad. A friend who always comprehends, When my day goes bad. I wish I had…
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Why Do I Care So Much About My Hair?
In our most beloved classics, such as Legally Blonde, Mean Girls, or White Chicks, women are often portrayed as being obsessed with their locks. Along with this stereotype, the women who happen to focus a lot on their hair are usually depicted as being half-wits. But what if there was an explanation as to why…
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Long Distance Friendships: Flexible Than What You Think
Friendship is a voluntary, lasting relationship between two or more people who care about each other’s needs and interests, often formed through shared experiences. It is voluntary because, unlike other relationships bound by legal, familial, or financial obligations, it exists purely by choice—it’s a connection we maintain because we genuinely want to, not because we…
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Willow The Pigeon
I would have never thought that I would have a pigeon as a pet, especially living in New York. Back in April of this year, my husband had picked me up from work and we were making our way back home. When in front of a supermarket, we spotted a baby pigeon struggling to walk…
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Poetry- Bone Of My Bones
Like the moon craves the night sky, My being yearns for the embrace of your spirit. Like all the rivers that empty into the sea, And yet the sea is not satiated. We may slip and fall a thousand times, But still, we shall rise. Like the snail that does not travel, Without its shell,…
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Spoiler Alert: You’re Thinking About Autism All Wrong
On the eve of my twenty-sixth birthday, I frantically googled the phrase, I don’t feel like a real person. This online investigation came during a mental health crisis that has come to define most of my mid-twenties. Two years prior, I began suddenly experiencing recurrent panic attacks, derealization episodes, and a rapidly developing case of…
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Our Love Was Doomed Before It Even Began
Our love was doomed before it even began. I can still recall that first day I saw you. Your eyes sparkled, wide and bright, meeting my own. This was the first time I felt my heart stop while looking at someone. You always hear about love at first sight, but experiencing it is another phenomenon…
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Poetry- Let The Fire Swallow Me Up
When the end is near, I’ll crash into flames at your door. You’ll open your fiery gate, wielding your shield. I’ll face you, confessing your arrows have run through me thousands of times. Your wall of ember will lower and you’ll whisper, body ablaze, you intended to cast spears. And we’ll lean in, let our…
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Wise Words From A Woman Of 93 Years Young
The song Don’t Blink by Kenny Chesney is a stark reminder that time flies. During a business dinner with clients discussing family and a motherhood, the wife engaged in conversation with me and began to relay her deepest fears about her son going off to college while she is halfway around the world. He is…
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Poetry- Distant Mornings
I write to you; watching the rising sun like ocean waves drifting effortlessly into your arms. I write to you; watching your eyes perplex like quartz crystals tumbling gently into the coastlines. I write to you; when the world feels too much, pining through tinted window gleams as our mornings grow distant. This was written…
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Recipe- Fresh Pumpkin Filling
Dried leaves tap across the ground in a waltz with the wind. Each evening, the night sky greets us a little earlier. Pumpkins, large and small, are collected from the local pumpkin patch or harvested from your own backyard garden. Carved into Jack-o-lanterns to light the Halloween night or decorating the house, pumpkins are the…
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Just Like Autumn
October is my favorite month of the year because it’s when the weather begins to get cooler, the leaves start to change, and I can finally start wearing my cozy sweaters again. I was born on October 30th just one day shy of Halloween, and my parents named me Autumn because I was born with…