Category Archives: Legacy

the way shadows work

we took the doorknob off your bedroom door because you were constantly locking out not only us but also yourself. now when you want to be alone to build your “inventions”, you sneak off to little sister’s bedroom and lock her door behind you. but your solitude is short-lived because she is always just a […]

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just for me

today i met up with a childhood friend. it had been many years since we last spoke. as we ate lunch, she spoke of her career. when it was my turn to talk about what i do each day, i felt the need to downplay my accomplishments with “justs”. i spoke of how my days […]

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uniquely you

you may share physical attributes with your older brother and sister but you are uniquely you in every other way. it isn’t as though you need me or love me any less than they do. but, there is this tenacity about you. although i adore your spunk, it always catches me by surprise. like today […]

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