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Journal Pages / Short Story
OLD HABITS
It was just who he was. Bryce’s personality was the kind that liked to joke. He joked with a humor that slipped small denigrations with smiles, sold as humor for a laughs equally intended to cut whom they were spoken towards. It was just who he was, and so long as you understood, there […]
Journal Pages / Poetry
ESPECIALLY TODAY
Every day has the potential to be good. Every day, we have the potential to be productive and make a difference: to ourselves and others whom we meet. Some days, we need a little reaffirmation of this before we begin. We all matter. We all make a difference. Remember it. Live it, especially […]
Journal Pages / Poetry
WONDER
We will never fully know what others around us are going through. We’ll never fully know the difference we might make, even when we do not intentionally try, when crossing through another’s life. To someone down, seeking for a reason to rise, we will never know the power in an offered smile in another’s […]
Journal Pages / Poetry
KEEP FLOATING
I read a poem yesterday about someone feeling like they were drowning, losing control and being pulled under the surface of the sea. It made me think back on my own life moments when I felt like I was “losing it.” Often, more so than actual conditions, it’s the panic that does us […]
Journal Pages / Short Story
FAIRYTALES
“Why do you write so much as happiness? Do you believe words are harmless, that they won’t have consequences? People will laugh at you in time.” “I believe words shape thoughts. I believe thoughts shape worlds. I am writing the world I want to see. Why would I want to write it ugly?” […]