An un-named 19 year old lighting his birthday candles with a blow torch Dear Almost-Nineteen, Do you have a moment? Just a little time to chat, I won’t keep you long. You’ve got things to do, I know. Set it aside a moment and walk with me. Listen, I don’t want to preach. I know […]
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I’m sitting in a quiet corner of the living room with an open book on my lap, not reading. The book is a decoy, the pages are still turned to the place where I haphazardly opened them because what I’m actually doing…what I’m honestly up to…is eavesdropping. There are a dozen teens out on the […]
Read moreIt’s a strange feeling, standing here in this mostly empty house. It has been nearly 3 years, but it still feels like home. It’s hard, renting out the place that once was your home. Hard to let it go and hope that another loves it half as much as you. What’s harder, though, is the […]
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