I wrote this last month while visiting home. It was a difficult one to write. Did a lot of reflecting… As the plane descended over the familiar lush landscape that is my hometown, several emotions reacquainted themselves with me. Feelings of joy, sadness, fear and optimism alternated dance steps in my brain. “Where has all [...]
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The Artistic Importance of Longing
I secretly love reading self-help articles written by people who have no formal training in telling you how to live your life. In my scavenging for these articles on such sites like Huffington Post, The Frisky and any bubbly-logo’d site aimed towards my demographic, I occasionally come across posts condemning the act of longing. “Longing [...]
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The Winter of Wanderlust
During the holidays, we drove through West Texas and New Mexico. A trip I’ve done before and a journey I never tire of. It had all the makings of a romantic anecdote. Four of us were nestled in the body off an all-terrain truck. We listened to country music from the 1950s. We marveled at [...]
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The Road Stays the Same
This stretch of road never changes, only I do. Every twist and turn and is the same and will be for hundreds of years. Only I will go away. All the times I made this drive, I never could have guessed what the future held for me. Now I’m here and all I can think [...]
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Under Your Spell
11:26PM 10/19/11 Watching Drive and writing that post today really got to me. The LA in Drive is the LA in so many movies and was the LA in my head when I lived there, though it’s not the LA that actually exists. I’ve written about this way too many times before, so I will [...]
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Your Life in a Box Full of Smushed Candy
Moms are awesome! Want to know why? Because they send you an Easter day care package four weeks later with stuff like this in it: A 2001 Engagement calendar. Me: “Mom, why did you send me a calendar from ten years ago?” Mom: “Because it’s a very special year. The year you graduated high school.” [...]
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