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A Crying Shame
Image Credit: Unsplash- Kelly Sikkema Nancy and Peter’s lives were forever changed when their parents succumbed to a fatal car accident, leaving them orphaned and alone. Forced to fend for themselves from a young age, they had to hustle to survive. Their lives became a daily struggle, with Peter turning to gangsterism, theft, and mugging,…
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The Accidental Hearthrob Part 4
Image Credit: Pexels- Asad Photo Maldives I placed my phone in my back pocket, now burning with Mike’s phone number, and returned to the ladies still clamoring over the list of assigned bedding arrangements. I didn’t have to look at the piece of paper to know who my bunkmates were going to be. Rosanne shouted…
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Where Do I Go
Image Credit: Unsplash- Tim Winkler Where do I go, When my time finishes here? Do I return to the dust, Or does my sojourn continue, as I walk in tears? Where do I go, When I heave my last breath? Does everything end here, Or will I find life on another side on this earth?…
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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…
