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Pass The Turkey, And Meet My Family: Bringing Your Lover To Thanksgiving
Image Source: Unsplash- Priscilla Du Preez There’s something about Thanksgiving that always feels bigger than the meal. It’s not just the food, the laughter, or the stories that resurface year after year; it’s the energy. The gathering. The unspoken expectation that whoever’s sitting at that table is a part of your inner circle. So when…
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We Were Once Little Girls
Image Source: Freepik We were once little girls— talking about our dreams, fears, and hopes, imagining what it would be like to grow up. Then it happened. We began to grow, experiencing life hand in hand— at last, becoming the women we once dreamt of being. For that, I will forever be grateful. This was…
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Infinite Desire
Image Source: Pexels- Godisable Jacob Whenever you’re near My soul craves more, In your absence I seek to find you Without you, I’m lost Lost to the world. In your voice, I draw breath A breath I seem to love, In these veins you flow You’ve become my blood An elixir I seem to lack…
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The Vow
Image Source: Unsplash- Gabriel Tovar Before God, before men; In times of the good and the bad, For better or for worse, Darling, I want to have you by my side. I want to be the sun in your sky. I want to be the moon in your night. For this, your affection is making…
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Whispers Between Seasons
Image Source: Unsplash: Ricardo Gomez Angel There is a quiet between the seasons, a pause where summer exhales and autumn leans in, draping the world in gold and amber. The heat softens, leaving behind a lingering warmth in the air, like a memory of sun on bare shoulders. Leaves tremble in farewell, tumbling in slow…
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What It’s Like Being Involved In The Music Program In High School
Image Credit: All images were provided by Luke Perry. Being involved in music is both taxing and rewarding. At my school, we have a highly regarded music department. In total, we have twelve music ensembles: the Red Group Orchestra, the Blue Group Orchestra, the Select Ensemble Orchestra, the Marching Band, the Concert Band, the Steel…
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Roger And Marie
Image Source- Pexels- Juan Pablo Serrano Roger and Marie Walked together every day so happily. Then came the day to drift apart. Marie was left alone with a broken heart. Roger was on a certain path But that never changed the memories they had. Marie sort of lost her way. She could no longer find…
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Halloween And Autumn Ramblings
Image Credit: Hanna Peters (In the image are Hanna, her younger brother Luke, and her younger sister Teresa at the Barnesville Pumpkin Festival back in September of 2014.) I have very fond memories of Halloween when I was younger, but to me, it wasn’t ever just about trick-or-treating; it was about a lot more. For…
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Evening In The Countryside
Image Source: Pexels- Pepe Caspers At the evening, sitting under this veranda, When the sun from the east, beyond the lands, Of the native women, beyond Mount Putu, Diverges, and the sky turned from glinting gold to twilight… When the fowls were coming home to roost, Knowing that the day was over, And the crickets…
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Getting Older Sucks
Image Source: Freepik Writer, Julia Cawelé, who just turned 22, talks about the birthday blues and how getting older has become an annual reminder that we don’t have forever. When I was younger, my birthday was an occasion that I couldn’t wait to arrive. I would start planning weeks in advance, discussing how I wanted…
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A Foretelling Of Thy Path
Image Source- Pexels- ROMAN ODINTSOV O thou, whose soul is lit with sacred flame, Whose heart aspires to seek eternal name, The fates conspire to weave thy golden thread, Where wisdom walketh, and the muses tread. Not idly shalt thou pass through fleeting years, But crown thy hours with triumph, not with tears; The scrolls…
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Comparison Is The Thief
Image Source: Unsplash- simon sun Comparison is the thief. The thief of joy. The thief of love. The thief of accomplishment. The thief of life. To compare is to waste our most precious gift: time. Wasting time counting what’s missing, instead of enjoying the things we have. The things that, one day, will live only…
