Multitudes, I tell you!!
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Clumps of sargassum afloat Sips of mojito Two marimbas playing the Super Mario theme Wisps of cloud and dollops of cloud Strawberry ice cream Green coconuts on a shade tree A spectrum of skin from burnished mahogany to piggy pink Iguanas mating not far from a cool pool A pelican cruising for fish, low and smooth Magnificent Magnificent Frigate Birds…
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This one last year, I get to walk up the hill at three o’clock to wait at the school doors for dismissal. Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong! “Allllllll right students, please listen carefully! At this time all kindergarten is dismissed!” Then “all busers! Busers please!” “Curbside pickup!” “Vans!” And the kids stream out, almost all of them so much…
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Eating fruit Swimming with tropical fish Drinking juices Listening to waves’ mesmerizing non-rhythm Finishing a book and immediately opening the next one Having a bite of sushi, or an avocado Tapping toes to music wafting over from somewhere Stretching languidly Noticing breezes Feeling temperature shifts as clouds drift across the sun and off again Breathing slowly Drifting almost to sleep
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Today I’m remembering the way it felt to be nine, ten years old in a Texas summer. Those days seemed so long. And so free: reading half the day (every day), going to the pool. It was hot, so hot. So hot it even felt hot in the pool sometimes. So hot we’d remark, “I wish I could shave my…
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How is it that every task takes ten times longer than I think it will… except for the tasks that I most doom-crastinate about, which end up actually taking approximately 2.7 minutes each? How is it that I feel better now that my ex has a new person, not worse? How is it that a whole bag from Sam’s Club…
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Remember when I had my hair shaved on one side of my head, wore clothing all the wrong sizes, and hated everyone my age? Remember when I joined the golf team? Very upstanding! But I never broke 100, and felt dumb with the other girls, and played one tournament, then had a panic attack in the van for the next…
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The kind that means I’m hungry, accompanied by lightheadedness The kind that means I drank too much, ones I finally learned to avoid long ago The kind I got each time I was pregnant, a mixture of caffeine withdrawal and estrogen depletion The kind I got back when I had a diseased uterus, seemingly caused by random squirts of all…
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My feet haven’t touched grass since September. Heck, until yesterday even my shoes hadn’t touched grass since December sometime. My skin hasn’t felt the cool pool, nor have my toes touched sand, since August. I haven’t been married for over a year. I haven’t worked from my office in 729 days. Exactly. I haven’t eaten banana pudding since 2013. It…
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I randomly happened across this amazing list, and it is resonating so hard in my heart! So many things I think are my job just… aren’t. A wise therapist taught me to ask, “What does this situation call for?” with attention to what it actually calls for from me. Before I get overwhelmed from doing way too many jobs, and…