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She reads a quote that says, “It’s in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present” and then starts to have past regrets.
Let’s not write a blog about the new year. Let’s not talk about how I have grand goals of being sober for the year. Let’s not tell the audience how we are committing ourselves back to God. How we swear we will no longer hit the snooze button when the alarm clock goes off. Let’s…
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Is the ocean surrounding the island or am I surrounding the ocean?
Here I am pulling up a chair. Here I am rearranging the balcony furniture to face the water. Here I am lighting a coil to keep the mosquitos away. A red solo cup full of crushed iced and coffee sits on the table in front of me. For this trip I chose a $13 vanilla…
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Softball Gloves and Kitchen Worms.
The soursop sitting on the counter has started to turn brown. The skin is prickly in my hand, the brown spots like cowhide covering the green. Underneath the soursop sat a worm. A worm on top of the kitchen towel mats felt jarring. It’s not supposed to be there. A worm in the kitchen. A…