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Play.

May 25, 2015

In elementary school, my best friend and I would create plays to perform atop a platform next to her backyard pool. We’d take turns performing, and after each skit, we’d strike a pose and jump into the pool. We instinctively switched partners, set time limits, and suggested different scenarios to act out. When we emerged from the water, we were alive with adrenaline, laughter, and elation. Revisiting the memory itself makes me smile with nostalgia, but it’s more than that.…

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JOY. Without Question.

September 4, 2014

I often go back to this one, vivid memory of fourth grade. The memory exists in my body, not my mind. The memory itself makes me smile, but it’s more than that. I return to it as an example of untainted, pure, simple joy. The pieces of it, the feeling of it bring me back to my core, my Self, my soul – all that makes me me. I LOVED being at school, and at lunchtime, my friends and I would…

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Are You Talking to Yourself?

June 4, 2014

I’ve lived alone for almost four years. There’s nothing like alone time as your default to really get to know yourself. There have definitely been solo dance parties, tireless scrub the floor at midnight extravaganzas, and stretches of time that were both eerily and nourishingly silent. Some days, I would go to the market around noon and when the person at the checkout counter would ask how my day was going, my voice would get caught in my throat because it was…

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