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It’s October
It’s October now. The seasons are changing, the leaves go from green to red to orange to yellow and within this short season, everything dies and regenerates and prepares for new life. This circle of...
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A Reason to Run
Lace up your shoes and step outside. The Pacific Northwest air is crisp and cool…much different than the Indian summer we’ve been having. Life is bustling and the cars and people create a life of...
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Setting Aside My Passions and Seeing What Comes Up
I don’t know where and when I stopped holding on to people. I sweep things under the rug. I pretend I’m so happy on my own. I smile so big but find myself running in circles to keep my lonely heart...
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Conversations with Troubled Females
When I am surrounded by negativity, I remember how important it is to be a positive shining light through it all. I am constantly listening to stories from young girls in and out of unfortunate...
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Being Thankful.
The best way to be happy is to be grateful. It’s a festive week around here and people are happily preparing themselves for a massive feast, happy times(or anxious/dreadful) times with their families...
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Mornings Behind Bars
It’s silent this morning. My favorite time of the day here. Girls can be loud, they talk about themselves a lot, and in here, you can see people portraying their lives with false happiness and drama....
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Learning Russian and Goal Setting
It takes no effort to appreciate life. Even when you feel like nothing is in your favor, opportunities arise in weird places…. A woman named Olga is teaching me Russian right now she’s from Kazakstan…...
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3 Months of Grace
Last night in my “room” I was doing some yoga…well Baptiste style of course and my roommates asked what I was doing? “You look like a sculpture! Like you’re doing the ballet!? Is that what you’re...
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Bye 2014, Hello 2015!
What goes up must come down, what gets caged will at some point be set free…or break out trying…and wow does it feel good to be free today. After four holidays away from my family, the day I got out I...
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Hammock Life on Heather Lake
“Whenever you feel hopeless, all you need to do is go outside and realize that you have been molded into human form for some reason. You are somewhere you may never be again. Your actions, no matter...
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Meeting Melissa Arnot and Traveling to Hawaii
Sometimes it all doesn’t feel real. I am laying on the ground in my living room next to the fire writing a thank you card to the officers at jail along with letters stuffed with word-search puzzles to...
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Replacing an Old Memory with A Hawaii Vacation
“If I hadn’t known suffering, loss, sadness and all the other crap life slaps out, I wouldn’t be a writer, because I wouldn’t have anything to write about. If I had a perfect life, I would never have...
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Goal-Crushing, and the Birth of Choose Mountains
I’ve left you humans in the dark. I got back from Hawaii and went on a tailspin of adventures, new experiences and goals without writing about it. It’s safe to say I’ve overbooked my senses since...
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