Dear 2017, As tempting as it was to leave this at, "Bye, bitch!"...I feel there is more that needs to be said, in fairness. Thank you, 2017, for showing me that what I thought were mortal wounds -- though they be grievous and still-unhealed -- weren't. Thank you for arranging it, somehow, such that even … Continue reading Dear 2017
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The One Thing Worse than Has-Been
"Mom, I think you messed up. You should have been a singer. I mean, you could've really been somebody." It was just chatter, I told myself. My eleven-year-old casually moved on in the conversation that had become one-sided, as I tried to heave my weary heart away from old wounds suddenly renewed. She, thankfully, is … Continue reading The One Thing Worse than Has-Been
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