Teach your kids to reach for the stars. To look to the heavens for magic and peace. To marvel at the lights in the sky and the wishes they grant.
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I have a ton of amazing, badass, sexy as hell friends (both guys and gals!) that are also single as hell, and time and again, I find myself having the same conversation with them. Dating sucks. Here are just a few of the reasons that make it harder for me and my wandering tribe to date:
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Why do you think it is that so many of us reflexively turn to food and alcohol for comfort? I’ve been thinking about this a lot today.
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Loss and grief are so intricately tied to each other, yet they don’t always occur at the same time. I’ve learned this only recently.
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Do these glasses make me look like a writer? And if I look like a writer, does that mean I am a writer? And if not, does that mean I shouldn’t write?
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Call me when you get there, she’d say. I’d roll my eyes and spout out my typical response assuring her that I knew how to drive safely, and “no news is good news”.
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I’m not lucky, yet I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been told how lucky I am.
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You’ve gained too much weight. You should be thinner. You should be exercising today. You need to lose weight to be more attractive. Don’t post that picture, it makes you look chubby...
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Why walk through life when you can run?
When you can hop, skip, and jump...
For no real reason at all other than because it makes you smile.
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Go with the flow. Bend with the wind. Sway with the grass. Adapt. Adjust. Pivot.
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Dreams don’t come easily, but they do come. This is my dream, and it started 5 years ago when I first began spending time in the desert.
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As I walked in the shadows of these mountains
I thought to myself today
I’m definitely a desert girl
But I sure do love the San Juans
And I thought about how easy it is
To think things have to be so black and white
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When you’re lucky enough
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I just came back from somewhere
That I never should have been
What started as an adventure
A quest to find future spots to park
To live in a van
Down by a river, as people like to say
Turned into a journey to find my way back
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Life by design. Every aspect thought out. Every decision made with intention. Every turn taken with a destination in mind. Every choice a chance. Every chance a choice. And they’ve all led me here. To saying goodbye. Sayonara. Namaste.
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You don’t get out of life what you want; you get out of life what you are.
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The responsibility of raising a son has never pulled so heavily on me. The weight of knowing that I am solely responsible for shaping this small human into the person that he will become for the rest of his life.
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