Here's The Thing
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Scent
Released from the drafts of 2025.
It’s 1:41 a.m., and I’m lying in bed reading. I’ve always been susceptible to smells, but tonight, it really smells like my ex-husband in here. He hasn’t been here in my new home; he isn’t on my clo...
31
30 was hard. So were 29, 28, and 27. A lot of what made it hard I brought on myself. I don't say this as punishment. I say it because I want to tell this year honestly, and honesty means holding the hard parts and the settled parts in the s...
Remembrance
I woke up blue this morning, and I didn’t know why.
I couldn’t place the feeling at first. Not sad, not exactly. I guess blue is the better word. A low hum underneath everything, the kind you can’t place until you go looking for it.
I shr...
A Moment
I received a call from a family matriarch a little while ago, and she told me that she was asking God for a new home. A new home with all of her exact specifications—two stories, a two-car garage, this number of bedrooms and bathrooms. It n...
The Sun
Reader’s note: This piece was written for a personal essay writing course I took last year. Sharing it here as it is.
“Tell me a story of the sun,” she said.
He asked if I wanted to walk to the beach and watch the sun rise. I didn’...
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