Tweet When things get bad in our lives, it’s common to seek distractions. If our school life is bad, we dive into recreational activities. If our home life is bad, we focus more on friends or school. If our relationships are bad… well, we do whatever we can to not address them. Crushes are prime… Continue reading Hump Day Crush: Distractions
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Historical Fiction
Tweet All of our past is viewed through the filter of our present. That filter is imperfect. Memories fade and change in unknown ways. They blend together and are reinterpreted every time we visit them. Through repitition, some bits become more vivid than other–regardless of their accuracy. This is all doubly true when our emotional… Continue reading Historical Fiction
Falling and Missing the Ground
Tweet High school and middle school were tough for me. Or, at least, for the person I was then. Toughened and nearly defeated by four years of mostly total (“No I will not go out with you. Please go away.”) and partial rejection (“Oh the movies, right, uh, sure I’ll go with you, but my… Continue reading Falling and Missing the Ground