Tag: childhood
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We Grew Up Together… So How Did We Become Strangers? (Part 1)
When My Cousins Were My Sisters When you’re a kid, nobody tells you that some of the people you can’t imagine living without might one day become people you barely talk to. Nobody tells you that the sleepovers will eventually stop. That Grandma’s house won’t always feel the same. That everybody will grow up, have…
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Some People Are Seasons
The Friendship That Changed Me Forever (Part 2) “Sometimes God gives us a second chance, not because He intends for things to last forever, but because there are lessons we couldn’t learn the first time around.” Have you ever reunited with someone after years apart and thought, “Yep… this is exactly how it was supposed…
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The Girl with the Big Glasses
The Friendship That Changed Me Forever (Part 1) How good is your memory? I mean, really. Do you remember the first friend you ever made? Not the one you met in middle school. Not the coworker you text memes to every Tuesday. I’m talking about your very first friend. The one whose name instantly takes…
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From Daddy Damaged to Daddy Distant (PART 2)
It’s crazy how life can flip on you. One minute, you’re a baby laid up on your daddy’s chest, safe, warm, and loved… and the next, you’re grieving the very man who was your first love, your daddy. There are parts of my childhood with him that I don’t even remember… but oh, I’ve heard…
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I Should’ve Stayed In A Child’s Place (PART 1)
Isn’t it funny how when we’re young, we can’t WAIT to grow up… and then the moment we get here, we realize we made a very unqualified, very rushed decision? Like… who approved this? I remember my mom used to say this one line that used to get under my skin every single time:“Stay in…
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Adventurous Angels
A quote that I often think of is, “When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”― Patrick Rothfuss At one point, I was working on a poetry…
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I Didn’t Get A Castle… I Built A Kingdom (Part 1)
“How I went from childhood dreams of royalty to finding purpose in real-life resilience.” Have you ever woken up and realized…“Wait a minute… this is NOT where I thought I’d be at this BIG age?” Because BABY… same. My life looks nothing like what I imagined. And trust me, we are not about to unpack…