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Younger Me
Image Credit: Pexels- Emma Bauso A few days ago, I watched my oldest child walk across the stage and graduate from high school. I remember bringing him home from the hospital, swaddled in blue and full of newness. And now, just like that, I have an adult son preparing to step into his next chapter—college.…
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Beyond The Memories
Image Credit: Unsplash- Prokhor Minin In plain sight, you hid A smile crept like dark clouds, Like the stars you glittered Like the wind, you were majestic But now I’m trying to move past this I still hold you dear, but I need to move I’m stuck between worlds Worlds I know not of. Through…
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Farewell, Richelieu
Image Credit: Pexels- cottonbro studio Before you go, Richelieu, Take a part of me with you. So I will be there by your side, In all that you will do. Before you go, Richelieu, my friend, Let me hug you for one last time, For I want your scent to remind me, Whenever I’m reciting…
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A World Of Endless Enchantment
Image Credit: Pinterest- Lean Timpug Maddie has loved writing since she was a little girl, and once she got older, she decided to become a children’s book author. She loved writing fairy tales, mainly about princesses, princes, knights, dragons, unicorns, fairies, and mermaids. But this time, she was writing her first novel about a girl…
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What Happened To Romantasy?
Image Credit: Unsplash- Mike Jumapao If you’ve recently stepped foot into a bookstore or are tangentially connected to the online book world, there’s no way you’ve escaped the popular term that’s splashed across signboards and mentioned in every Bookstagram caption. ROMANTASY. You’ve likely accepted it at face value – a subgenre promising to be a…
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The Art Of Letting Go
Image Credit: Pexels- Andrea Piacquadio Forgiveness is often wrapped in a religious ideology, twisting the belief that to move forward in life, we must forgive those who hurt us. If we are unable to release and move past the trauma they caused, we are shamed into unworthiness of God’s love. For all my 44 years…
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What The Wind Carries
Image Credit: Pexels- Nuto Sorokina Birds warble softly behind trees Golden rays flicker through the leaves. Wind drifts through my tangled hair Nostalgia lingers in the air. Dogs chase echoes in the forest’s core, Where laughter and peace are lost evermore. Joy was a canvas we once used to paint, Now faded and broken by…
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Rekindling The Quiet
Image Credit: Unsplash The sky was overcast, the dull gray clouds hanging low, as if holding their breath, waiting for something to change. A soft wind brushed against the edges of the trees, rustling the bare branches. There was a faint chirp of birds somewhere off in the distance, too distant to seem alive, too…
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A Night Of Laughter
Image Credit: Pexels- Monica Silvestre Carrie had been waiting all year for this night to come round, and now that it was here, she couldn’t wait to get to London. She had purchased the ticket to see Jeff Dunham back in September as a cheer-up gift for herself, and now the day was here, she…
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A Mirror For Granny
Image Credit: Pexels- Anne Svets When I look at you, my grandchild, You remind me of me, When I, too, was a child, Squinting beside my granny’s knees. Your eyes and how they stare, Your lips and how they smile; Whenever I see your face, My mind runs back to the past too far. When…
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Dinosaurs
Image Credit: Pexels- Stephen Leonardi Dinosaurs aren’t a thing from the past. Dinosaurs. You’re probably thinking of Tyrannosaurus rexes, sauropods munching treetops, and velociraptors scheming like the clever girls they were in Jurassic Park. Mesozoic royalty ruled Earth for over 150 million years (yeah, way longer than the late Queen). They left behind a legacy…
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Tend Your Garden
Image Credit: Unsplash- Norikio Yamamoto The grass on the other side may be greener. But if you started watering your own, it could easily become just as green, or even greener. Put your focus where it belongs. This was written by our contributing writer, Luna Baic.
