I told him not to buy me anything for Valentine’s this year. Just to write me a love letter. He liked the idea but his schedule was uncooperative. That was a month ago. This morning I stumble into the bathroom pre-contact lenses and peer at an envelope that seems to have found it’s way onto the shelf next to the sink. My head is fuzzy from nearly five days of him being driven by the deadlines of work and me keep reading…
Most days are not made up of big words. There are little girls in their pink summer shoes who smile and say “hi” a hundred times because it’s the only word they know. There are boys who are as loud and rough and crazed as their sister is gentle. There is a dog and a hamster and a house that exhales with fresh paint and new tiles in places. Most days are not poster-worthy or Pinterest-worthy. Most days are rough keep reading…
Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We write because we love words and the relief it is to just write them without worrying if they’re just right or not. So we take five minutes on Friday and write like we used to run when we were kids. On Fridays we write with gusto, unselfconscious and flat out. 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking 2. Link back here and keep reading…
I told him not to buy me anything for Valentine’s this year. Just to write me a love letter. He liked the idea but his schedule was uncooperative. That was a month ago. This morning I stumble into the bathroom pre-contact lenses and peer at an envelope that seems to have found it’s way onto the shelf next to the sink. My head is fuzzy from nearly five days of him being driven by the deadlines of work and me keep reading…
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Mandy Scarr
“Don’t let your lack of words keep you from sitting beside her. Let her cry ugly tears, catching them as they fall. That’s all she really needs, that’s all she really wants. She wants you, comfort with clothes on”
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