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The Age Of Social Media
I have such a love/hate relationship with all social media. While I can appreciate that it led my sister to find me and gave us the ability to form a strong friendship, or how the high school friends can so easily stay connected, and how the long-distance family can stay in touch a bit easier…
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Note By The Window
Two letters under the covers. I recover as I stare at the innocent self-satisfied writings under my bed, I count inside my head three to five years totally wasted, two years left, i tilt my head, looking at my reflection ahead, you heard he was never gonna be enough yet you stayed, you heard that…
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Sealed Heart
Behind these doors My heart is sealed, My thoughts are seen My love locked I’m the only one who knows Secrets like these are never known Behind closed doors My tears flow like rivers, Tears meant to be seen I cry for hearts unknown I cry for what I’ve lost Yet they don’t cry back.…
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My First Christmas!
There are moments in life that arrive quietly, yet change us forever. My first Christmas is one of those moments—bright, unexpected, and filled with a kind of warmth I didn’t know I needed. Growing up, Christmas was always something that belonged to other people. I saw it through windows, through stories, through the excitement of…
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A Kiss At Midnight
It was New Year’s Eve, and Charlotte was excited to attend her best friend, Lila’s, New Year’s Eve Party this year because she was hoping that Levi, the guy she had been crushing on for the past two years, would finally kiss her. Charlotte had his name written all over the notebooks she used at…
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Predicted Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions
With the start of the new year, generally comes the start of a new you. Every year, billions of people see in this time of year by setting themselves a resolution for the new year. Whether all those people stick to the new goals they have made is a different matter. Yet they start them…
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Sequel
I told you my pain, and you reenacted it perfectly It is as if I wrote you a script on how to tear me apart You sat and listened day after day, word after word, and you sat and memorized it Like you were memorizing a script As if my pain was a movie, you…
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How I Had A Budget-Friendly Wedding
Image Source: Unsplash- Beatriz Pérez Moya I got married on November 1st, and going into it, my husband Ian and I knew that we wanted to spend as little money as possible on our wedding. Since we were having our wedding in a small conference room, we knew ahead of time that our guest list…
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There Is Still Time
Image Source: Unsplash- Artem Beliaikin Life does not end at 20. Nor does it end at 30. It certainly does not end at 40. There is still time. Time to achieve your dreams. Time to experience all that your heart yearns. Time to change. There is still time. Let it be the quiet reminder that…
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The Sweetest Gift Of All
Image Credit: Pexels- Nikolett Emmert This is dedicated to my wonderful husband Ian Peters. Thank you for being the one to show me what love truly is. I love you more than anything in the entire world. Merry Christmas Ian. As Claire sat in her living room one snowy afternoon a week before Christmas, she…
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When Love Finally Made Sense
Image Source: Pexels- Hamalya Comeau I knew I was in love when I felt honored to stand beside him. I glanced at my best friend, confirmed it, she nodded, and he held my hand tightly to let me know he was there. For years, I questioned whether love was something meant for me at all.…
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The Moon And The Hope
Image Source: Pexels- Justyna Serafin The moon, once full, is now crescent, Yet it amasses hope, stays quiescent. Knowing the day will come so soon, It waits to bloom as a super moon. It keeps its patience, calm and intense, For wisdom guides all of its sense, Through cloudy veils and nights immense, It dreams…
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