A woman can be a window. She can also be a door: that is the truth. My mother does not look people in the eye: that is the truth. Her head is always cast down in shame: that is the truth. Sorry precedes her every question: that is the truth. She fades like paper and […]
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Somewhere along the way, you lost your voice You remember it being made out of springtime lullabies and strong powerful marching songs. It was the way you expressed yourself. A defence mechanism in times of war. You used it against strangers and enemies and friends and family. To fight and unite and sing your sister […]
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Neil Patrick Harris pranked the coaches and host of The Voice…TWICE! First, he went undercover, pretending to be a new host on The Voice Austria. He then proceeds to interview this season’s coaches of The Voice: Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Gwen Stefani, and Pharrell Williams — all of whom clearly don’t know what to make of this awkward, blank-stared […]
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“Say When” — This is the SP/BH anthem. Remember who you are, don’t get lost in allowing someone to define that for you. Say When you’ve had enough. & when you’ve had enough, that is the beginning of the calling to know yourself better than anyone else. Spare Parts for Broken Hearts […]
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I am a writer, I am a painter, I am an illustrator, and, on some days — not only because of Instagram — I am a photographer. Through preschool and kindergarten, all of my instructors and teachers showed me how to embrace my individuality through different forms of expression. In elementary school, I was taught […]
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“Get to the point.” We’ve either said it or been told to do it. We value the clear and concise. Ernest Hemingway was a master at this direct language. He got to the essence of things with few words. Now, there is an app for that — or at least a website called the Hemingway […]
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