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Keeping My Promise

When I was 14 years old, I told my dad I wanted to be a writer. I could feel it in my bones. I knew writing was what gave my life its most profound meaning. I could taste it.  “I think I want to be a writer,” my young, tender

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The Return

I have returned. I know, I was AWOL all year. Here are the highlights: 1-I had to face a devastating and painful grief. 2-I had to increase my weekly therapy sessions from 1-2 (or sometimes 3) 3-I had the best summer of my life. 4-I had the worst year of

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You Matter

Amber, You Matter! I reached inside my heart today and found you there. I did not realize you had crept into that space when I was busy. We were both busy laughing, sharing, crying, comforting… A little like family. A lot like friendship.  No one but you can be the

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Love Me

“Love me!” It seems like two very innocent, simple words. It’s the plea of everyone who has every posted a vague status on Facebook, or ever called the suicide hotline, or ever made some foolish, desperate act to get the attention of the people they care about. “Love me” seems

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Welcome to My Mind: Enter At Your Own Risk!

“A wave pursues the thoughtful dreamer, Inspiration splashing upon my mind, makes no effort to withhold her praises, one comment at a time. But I withhold mine.” I’m never actually certain who my reader is: I confess it to all my teachers who for hundreds of hours drilled into my brain the importance of focusing on

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