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my very first wedding weekend
Jon is the opposite. Expects nothing in return yet is able to convey the beauty of how messy life is. I felt that my silence during the testimonials could capture this feeling.
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give me “attitude”
To be overwhelmed by beauty actually puts me in crisis. That kind of beauty is not selfish, not sexy, nor self-conscious. It makes me frozen and immobilized in awe.
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Elvis
Meeting a fellow human where they are is one of life’s greatest pleasures.
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Schizo-memoirs, for adults
One of my earliest delusions was that hearing train crossings was an invitation for me to kill myself on the tracks. That solving crosswords with violent implements as words to search for was a devilish reckoning. The second big influence on my psychology was strong color associations. Sky and fuchsia for Luke; a black majority…
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Surprising beautiful women
2 hospitalizations ago, I was sitting in the common room before the sun came up. One of the dining workers carted in the morning coffee. “And the most graceful woman in the room just walked in,” I pealed. “You’re pulling my leg,” responded the black woman in dining cap and small gold hoops. She tried…