I met the love of my life in a bookstore. Though plain to most who would look her over, the depth of wisdom within her brought a beauty to her homely visage. She is quiet, yet brilliant. Once you peel the layers away, you learn of the trauma she survived in her youth. The scarring […]
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Nebulous thoughtsEnchanted me.GivingLeft meExhausted.CreatingThe void within me.
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Exciting news! The Beaux Cooper brand has developed and expanded its purpose since it was initially founded and with such change comes a need to grow. It is with great anticipation that I announce the website will be relocating to a new platform and updating its “look” over the next month. The past four years […]
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Hello It’s me No, not Adele, I’m not on the otherside. I’m here. On your side. Here to love. To grow. To own. To destroy Doubt. Hello It’s me The writer. The lover. The one Me. Hello It’s me Cat mother. Dog mourner. Seeker of the Rainbow road. Hello It’s me. It’s me. Just me. […]
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It’s been a while since I’ve written anything creative, anything beyond work manuals and emails. Perhaps a haiku here and there, but the passion I once felt for it – the feeling that it was the most natural thing in the world to do… has left me. There was a time in my life where […]
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Alright ladies and gentlemen, we need to talk. We need to talk about this undying need to be “broken” – this glorification of irreparable damage having been committed against your beautiful spirit.I’m not being facetious. Your spirit is beautiful. But do you know what else your spirit is?Strong.Unbreakable.Untamed.Ferocious.Loud. It might be bruised. Scarred. Denied at times. […]
Read MoreI can’t decide if choosing to be alone while I was single was harder than being alone now that I’m married. When I was single there was that stigma of being a lone woman in public, surrounded by happy couples or more attractive women on the prowl when all I wanted to do was have […]
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To begin, I want to give a loving, sincere shout out to all the parents (in every shape, age, and form) who work diligently to ensure the mental and emotional health of their children and the children around them. You are warriors against an established community-thought of how we are supposed to look, supposed to […]
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That moment when you’ve reached the end of your comfort zone and it’s like the edge of a cliff. You peer over that edge and there seems to be nothing there, just a blank White Nothingness. No safety net. No bridge. Nothing. And you’re already anxious because to get to the edge […]
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Recently, I set out on a new endeavor. To those who know me well, they won’t be surprised in the least by that first sentence. I have flights of fancy. It’s just in my nature. I’m a dreamer and very rarely do I follow through with many of my schemes, but I’m getting better. I’m […]
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