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Where’d All The Time Go?
You know how life goes. You say you will never miss high school but once you walk across that stage, nostalgia settles in and suddenly you miss when you were a lovefool sophomore with unbraided hair and dozens of necklaces. You hang out with teachers that made an impact on your life, you tour the… Continue reading
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girl i’ve always been
I’ve had some questions asked by friends about my eye disease so I thought I’d share my thoughts, feelings, and experiences living with retinitis pigmentosa. I’ll start with my negative feelings. I hate that I can’t see but I hate knowing I can’t see even more. The built up frustration I have towards my eyes… Continue reading
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Let Down
I feel like I have officially reached ‘let down’ status. My life is a literal mess. I am a literal mess. I went from being on my knees, begging to be normal, to going out and living life while also experiencing the worst parts of it. Years of begging to be free and happy have… Continue reading
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Bejweled
After years of being held captive and thrown overboard I have officially washed up on shore. I haven’t posted a story in so long but trust there has been so much going on in my life. The more life goes on the more I realize I could write a book about how hectic it is. … Continue reading
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we can’t be friends
I can’t believe I used to have faith in an insipid, immature boy that thinks posing in front of an ambulance is great Instagram content. What was I actually thinking? Did I seriously believe this was the one for me? A boy that still acts the same way he used to in seventh grade? What’s… Continue reading
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I Wish you Roses
Before I began dating my current boyfriend, I had a friend named James who I considered great. I met James in my seventh grade math class. I was a very outgoing kid and made it my mission to make others feel my presence and smile. I would talk to anybody and everybody. Any silence would… Continue reading
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Forever December
December is that time of month in a young girls life where she gets a year closer to not being young anymore. It’s me. I’m the young girl. December is my birth month and the older I get, the more I love that my birthday is during the most beautiful month of the year. I… Continue reading
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New Romantics
My sophomore year of high school, my heart was ransacked, my mind was twisted, my soul was diminished. It was all I ever wrote about. It was the only thing I knew for certain as a 15-year-old girl. My life has been saved by many people, myself included. I have many people to thank for… Continue reading
Midnight Reflections 