36 Years Later

If I were to elaborate on my feelings about 35, I would say it was a year marked by emotions such as grief, pain, and growth. This year brought with it significant losses, particularly the passing of Maverick, which left a profound void in my life.

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34 Years Later

We were never supposed to be perfect, and we were never supposed to be burdened by the choices we make.

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The Greatest Hits

Looking back, my life has been one epic story after the next. A cascade of near misses, but generally it’s been pretty eventful.

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33 Years Later

It was in that moment that I really understood the power of voices––why it's so important why voices can never be silenced. Voices matter. I left that day knowing that not only was I part of history, but that I allowed my voice to be heard.

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The Moral of the Story

If we advance our capacity to learn from our past––what’s to say we can’t build ourselves an even brighter future.

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32 Years Later

She wished me love and happiness. She wished me greater things. And with today’s political climate—we could all use little bit of the greater things.

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The Farewell Tour

It was one of those things that despite the timing—was perfect—I regret nothing.

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The Girl with the Golden Hair

She’s a fighter through and through. She’s strong and brave and when she isn’t trying to dye that long wavy hair of her’s Mary Jane red, its golden.

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31 Years Later

I learned that life goes on with or without you. You don’t live until you decide to live. And when you decide to live you are free to experience life the way it was meant to be experienced. I think in this next year I’m going to find out what is truly important to me and chase after it.

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Stronger at the Broken Places

I’m working on coming back from that dark place. I’m working on growing stronger in my faith and discerning what things in my life are strictly necessary in the sense that not all things are good for you despite the benefit we find in them.

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30 Years Later

I learned that love is more than my ability to give love, but it has a lot to do with my capacity to show love. Love, I learned, is just as tangible as anything we can hold in our hands.