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Catharsis
Sometimes it happens like this. You get to know someone, and you come to love him, with all the courage and patience and compassion that knowing and loving require. And you’ve never been that scared,...
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And so the healing begins.
He no longer fills up my life. He’s no longer my first thought when I wake up, no longer the last thing on my mind before I fall asleep. I no longer judge whether a day is good or bad by whether I see...
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Day 20 — The one that broke your heart the hardest
I can’t wait all my life on a street of broken dreams. It could have been you. ~Journey To someone I used to believe in, Did you ever really see me? There are so many questions, so many things left...
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Eventually…
It might take a while. It might be harder than expected. But it will happen. Eventually. Filed under: Love Tagged: David, disappointment, healing, heartbreak, Love, moving on, relationships
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A Small Step at Sunset
She sat on the grass under the huge acacia tree, watching the sky change color from a clear blue to the glowing hues of sunset through the lacy patterns made by the branches and leaves. It had been a...
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The one left behind
She watched him preparing to leave, ruthlessly choking back the anguished doubt within her. He was busy, that’s all, she told herself, that’s why he never lingered. She knew he wanted to. She knew he...
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Still haunted
It is such a simple thing, an embrace. The first memory you gave me, and the last one I’ll forget. I’ve been discarding all the things I miss about you, one by one, like plastic pearls from a broken...
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Before and After
I used to know the exact moment you walked into a room. I would feel you there, and I’d turn, and a sense of peacefulness would grow inside me, immediately, without exception. I could be hurting or...
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Every ounce of confidence I have
I don’t know how to swim. If you knew that I grew up on a tropical island, this would be even more surprising. You see, I almost drowned when I was a child, and the memory of it was seared into my...
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David
You know what I found this morning, in a long-unopened compartment of my wallet? It was a letter from you, dated several years and a lifetime ago. Tucked into the folds were three balayong blossoms,...
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