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To My Coma Friend
We sat on her queen bed in her yellow room with the bay windows looking over the forested hill when we made our pact.
I was in my pajamas and she were in hers, and we neither looked nor smelled good, with our hair piled on our heads, day-old mascara adorning our faces, and early morning dragon breath about which we cared nothing at all, gleefully breathing in and out and adding to the halitosis … Continue Reading “To My Coma Friend”
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Are You Looking for the Elusive Village? WANT AD: VILLAGERS NEEDED
If you’re lonely, this is for you.
If you’ve wandered and searched and hoped for your Tribe, this is for you.
If you’ve moved and left your Tribe behind, this is for you.
If your Tribe moved and left you behind, this is for you.
If you’ve wandered the Jungle and called and called, hoping for an answer, this is for you.
If you’ve found your Village and want to welcome the wanderers – if … Continue Reading “Are You Looking for the Elusive Village? WANT AD: VILLAGERS NEEDED”
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5 Quick Questions About Connection
It’s time for a new edition of 5 Quick Questions!
This is my opportunity to get to know you better, and it’s one of the best things we do here because it turns out you are very good at truth-telling, friends. To those of you who used the last few volumes to delurk, it’s wonderful to meet you! And to those of you who’ve been around a while, mucking about in this space and putting … Continue Reading “5 Quick Questions About Connection”
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On Holding Pieces of Each Other’s Hearts
She waited on the front porch on her 16th birthday. She waited for her friends to arrive and for the party to begin.
Instead, the calls came in, one at a time.
The “sorry, I can’t make it” calls. The “not coming, after all” calls. The “oops, I double booked” and the “something came ups” and the “I have to wash my hairs.”
In the end, no one came.
No one.
And she left her … Continue Reading “On Holding Pieces of Each Other’s Hearts”