First you will have to get married to someone who, when he asks you on bended knee in a 250 square foot apartment in Manhattan surrounded by the sounds of honking horns and a toilet that won’t stop running, you pause. You pause. Even though he stares at you, leans toward you, clutching the receipt […]
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A few nights ago, I had just turned off the light at the end of a long day and was looking forward to a good night’s sleep when my phone buzzed to let me know I had a Facebook notification. “Suzanne Frey Hawthorne has tagged you in a post.” Why is she tagging me at […]
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“God DAMN it!” My father shouted as he struggled to manually crank the driver’s side window down on our wood-paneled station wagon. He was holding his breath as he drove, cheeks puffed out, shoulders up. When the smell got to me in the back seat, I did the same. It was like… I don’t even […]
Read MoreScrew, the perfect verb. Screw the building committee in my head conspiring to take me down. Screw the cap on my enthusiasm that sits there like a judging parent, never letting me feel fully joyful. Screw the idea in my head that I’m lost. Not good enough. Dull of mind. Screw the fleshy layers of […]
Read MoreWith a backlog of trepidation and a jittery spirit, I entered a writing contest yesterday. The kind that depends on public voting to win in only 24 hours at yeahwrite.me. Shortly after I entered my post, Love Never Dies, I had a panic attack. My thoughts raced like a caffeinated kindergartener. What was I thinking? […]
Read MoreSeek to understand yourself instead!
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These colors and many more make up our world and I love it!
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On days like today, when I’ve tried to write a blog entry at least 10 times, repeatedly backspacing over my words, I think to myself: “I KNEW it! You suck. You are not creative or interesting and THIS is why you are depressed. This is why you can’t get a job or lose weight or […]
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