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Aabye-Gayle F.
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5 days ago

Goodbyes Are like Sunsets

A poem for farewells Goodbyes are like sunsets — A spectrum of senses and sentiments. Some are unassuming; We don’t pay them much mind. Without great ceremony, They move us from daylight to nighttime. We don’t photograph them or make many remarks. We simply allow them to casually carry us…

Goodbye

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Goodbyes Are like Sunsets
Goodbyes Are like Sunsets
Goodbye

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May 11

Missing Her

When death shrouds Mother’s Day — I thought I’d be better at this by now — missing her. Some years it’s not as bad. Other years it feels unbearable. Time has helped, but time also hurts. The loss grows less foreign each year. But each year also carries me further away from her. When my mother…

Mothers Day

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Missing Her
Missing Her
Mothers Day

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May 2

Happiness Takes Courage

Three short pieces on grief, depression & joy — Happiness Takes Courage Happiness takes courage. You have to be brave to surrender to joy. When every molecule of your being has been mourning — when loss has permeated and ruptured your heart — you must be dauntless to pursue mirth. You must find great multitudes of grace to forgive yourself for forgetting…

Happiness

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Happiness Takes Courage
Happiness Takes Courage
Happiness

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Apr 25

Rain Is an Invitation

Two short pieces on spring’s precipitation — Rain Is an Invitation Rain quenches the thirst of the earth. Falling like promises. Drenching the dirt. Rain is an invitation to play. To jump in puddles. To leap. To wade. Rain is like a second chance. Cleansing every surface. Making life fresh. Rainy days make space for turning within. They invite deep thoughts. …

Rain

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Rain Is an Invitation
Rain Is an Invitation
Rain

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Apr 17

How Good It Can Get

“I’m open. God, show me how good it can get.” — God, show me how good it can get if I put my trust in you instead of in my plans. Show me how good it can get if I worry less — much less. Show me how good it can get if I don’t try to change anyone or judge…

Prayer

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How Good It Can Get
How Good It Can Get
Prayer

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Apr 4

Back in Time

Wishing I Could Visit the Past — Sometimes I wish I could go back in time — jump on a plane and visit the past like I visit Grenada or Paris. It’s not so much that I have regrets. I just want to be better immersed in my own network of history. There are so many moments…

Nostalgia

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Back in Time
Back in Time
Nostalgia

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Mar 28

It’s Good to Be Alive

Thoughts on the blessings and burdens of life — It’s good to be alive, but it is also hard at times and scary. There is so much beauty and so much to love, but that means there is much vulnerable to destruction and much it will hurt to lose. It is good to be alive, but it is also…

Poetry

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It’s Good to Be Alive
It’s Good to Be Alive
Poetry

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Mar 20

More Time in Brightness

A short piece in honor of the vernal equinox — A moment of silence for the passing of winter. Her season has ended, so we bid her farewell. She will be best remembered for her beautiful snow coverings — her unique bleached tapestries. She could coat anything in white — from cars to homes to mountains. It is true that…

Spring

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More Time in Brightness
More Time in Brightness
Spring

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Feb 28

Listen to Your Heart & Never Ignore These Symptoms

A Lesson for American Heart Month — On this, the final day of American Heart Month, the heart is very much on my mind. In the days leading up to and following Valentine’s Day, my heart was trying to tell me something, but I either didn’t understand the language it was speaking or had it on mute. …

Heart

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Listen to Your Heart & Never Ignore These Symptoms
Listen to Your Heart & Never Ignore These Symptoms
Heart

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·May 28, 2022

Death Et Cetera

When thoughts & prayers feel insufficient — Death. What a small yet ominous word. I remember being so afraid of death as a child that I put off reading Judy Blume’s Superfudge for a whole year. Of course, once I actually read the book, I loved it. In fact, Judy Blume was my first favorite author. But…

Thoughts

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Death Et Cetera
Death Et Cetera
Thoughts

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Aabye-Gayle F.

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