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I love these geese. They make my chest tight and full and help me believe that things will be alright again, that I will pass through this time as I have passed through other times, that the vast and threatening blank ahead of me is a mere specter, that life is lighter and more playful than I am giving it credit for. But right on the heels of that
... See morei keep a document on my phone called "things that felt like the end of the world but weren't."
every time i'm spiraling i add to it.
then i read the old ones.
"didn't get into first choice college" (met my best friend at second choice).
"thought i'd never get over them" (can barely remember their face now).
it's becoming proof that i can survive... See more
every time i'm spiraling i add to it.
then i read the old ones.
"didn't get into first choice college" (met my best friend at second choice).
"thought i'd never get over them" (can barely remember their face now).
it's becoming proof that i can survive... See more