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New York City. She’s a rare thing.
The morning you move to New York City will be as distinct as the day when birds first learned it was in their blood to sing. Oh, can you imagine what happened in the trees that day? You’ll delight in … Continue reading
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And for a short fix of time, he and I were just two children sleeping in your arms, cradled by your transit line.
The lurch of the subway that followed closely after the full stop sent the sleeping child straight into my lap. He did not move. He did not stir. I looked around for a parent to step forward and scoop the … Continue reading
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But there will be no denying: we will make one another better. We will be each other’s superb add-ons.
Falling in love with a boy is ten times easier when a mariachi band shows up in your subway car to provide background music. Yes, that is right, I fell in love the other day. To be completely honest, I … Continue reading
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Keep painting the world, dipping all your brushes into the same big bucket called “A Better Place.”
I learned at sleep-away bible camp in the 5th grade that God had messed up in making me. One) It is beyond me why a bunch of camp counselors would make a bunk full of homesick, Bible-toting adolescents draw pictures … Continue reading
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Millennium Campus Conference 2010: “Together we are a brigade of red pens, ready to edit this screwed up yet brilliant word document of a world.”
It began with a whisper. Nearly 1,000 students faced one another, divided down the middle. The two sides chanted separate words. The right side, “stand.” The left side, “up” Louder and louder, the voices propelled outward to fill ever crook … Continue reading
Filed under For a Better World, The Tough Stuff, Tragedy
“I Love Love” @Lucille in the Sky
Hello Readers: If it were possible to miss all of your faces, I really think I would. I am gone for the next ten days making my move to New York City! But don’t worry, I am not leaving you empty-handed by … Continue reading
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Stay a Lover of Little Things: Pearls for the Suitcase and the Train to the City.
The train ticket is booked. Suitcases that claim they are big enough to fit my life in their tummies have come tumbling down from the attic. I am moving to New York City in 25 days. A little less than a month. … Continue reading
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Operation Fall in Love in a Coffee Shop
My friends are sending me to New York City to fall in love in a coffee shop. Of all the jokes that have run through the bloodstreams of our friendships, this is the one that withstands all time and circumstances. … Continue reading
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A Letter to the Big City: I am finally ready to change your name to “home.”
To the Big City: I always imagined that the first time I gave my heart up without an expectation to get it back it would be to a boy. I pictured love letters, firsts of every kind and ultimately no … Continue reading
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