i triked down the sidewalk. skinned-up, little legs spinning as fast as the tires on a car. i wore a pale, yellow sundress that was marked with grass stains. no bows in my hair. because i was a tomboy. a smudge of dirt was visible on my face underneath..
Topics: cussing, station wagons, tomboy

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"but what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?" - albert camus i sat across from her at lunch and pondered her question. "how are you?" she had asked. i smiled. i smiled wider. i shrugged my...
Topics: albert camus, happiness

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i received the letter on a saturday. the saturday before memorial day. i would've called, but i knew the office would be closed over the long weekend. so i set the letter aside. somewhere it wouldn't stare at me like the menacing look of a...
Topics: doctor, letter, resolution

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there are so many things that are out of my hands. i don't like that. i like knowing the questions and knowing the answers. i like understanding what i'm dealing with and eliminating the undisclosed. i like to be able to exert some sort of...

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"memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose." ~From the television show The Wonder Years when i close my eyes real tight, i can almost see my memories playing out in front of me,...
Topics: itunes, memories, paris

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