“Tell me again, why are we butchering chickens in our tiny kitchen?”

“Grrrrrr!! Because the farm only slaughters and de-feathers the chickens.”

“Then why didn’t you just walk away? Why purchase them if you wanted the chickens cleaned and cut up?”

“OMG! Weren’t you listening? I’d already driven forty five minutes to get there; spent thirty minutes waiting to talk to the farm hands; picked out my ch...

_The hushed gloom_

_The smog, the burden_

_The dawdling darkness _

_All out of fighting power_

_I cower in my darkest hour_

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Don’t you know it’s not gonna be easy

Don’t you know it’s not gonna be all fun

I wish I could hold your hand through this path

But you’ll have to walk it alone

Don’t you know it takes strength

Don’t you know it’s gonna take all you've got

I wish I prepared you for the price you have to pay

But now it’s sink or swim

The road is paved with the bones of travelers past

The path is dark so bring yo...

What have I done? I hate that song. What has Celine done?

I have to remember to give thanks for all I’m thankful for; but what am I thankful for?

I’m thankful I can be a slut or a penguin or a superhero

For my best friends’ theme party, I can be anything I want.

Until school starts back up and I have to choose to be someone everyone can tolerate.

Why can’t I just be myself? But then again, wo...

My grandmother always told me

You don’t belong here

You don’t fit with the rest of us

You don’t look like the rest of us

You don’t sound like the rest of us

I was devastated when

She convinced my mother

To give me away

As a gift to my aunt because

She needed someone

To watch her baby

My aunt always told me

You don’t belong to me

You don’t fit with my children

You don’t look like you’re min...

On Friday, she spilled a whole bottle of olive oil when she forgot to cap it properly. Her hand had knocked it over while reaching for a bouquet of eucalyptus, lavender and rosemary.

On Saturday, her water gourd broke when she lost her grip on it. It fell, shattered into four distinct pieces. The water it previously contained spilled everywhere.

On Sunday, she was on her way to the market when ...

One win

One win is all it takes

One win

One win can turn it all around

One win

One win and I’ll be set...

"You will be the death of me," she said, breath caught in her throat as his lips closed over hers.

His kiss tasted like spearmint and coffee. His lips were succulent, taking her to a hot summer day, biting into a ripe, sweet, and taut strawberry. She opened her mouth, let his tongue in and took the breath he gave her from his own lungs. His tongue found hers, their tips touched, in a silent gree...

On the eve of Evangeline’s wedding, she walked in the garden with no shoes on. She felt the wetness of the grass on her bare feet. The squishy and soggy earth cradling them. She felt sensations that took her back to a more innocent time. A time when she and her sister Abigail frolicked in the gardens, without a care in the world.

Tonight, the weight of an entire race rested on her shoulders, and...

Happy! Happy! She squealed!

She was two and she had no filter.

She let you know all that she felt.

The head bang for the wrong bowl.

The big feelings for little things.

Happy! Happy! She squeaked!

She was two and she had no nuance.

Her birthday was just as important as,

A walk to the park on a sunny day,

A bicycle ride without any preamble.

Happy! Happy! She screeched.

She was two and danced in ...