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Thanks Mom

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A Simple Spell to Face Fear

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The New Year’s Eve Post, Positivity Version

Apparently sometimes I skip a year. Continue reading The New Year’s Eve Post, Positivity Version

Unknown's avatarShawnDecember 31, 2025
Cry

Thanks Mom

Parents are tricky, complicated, and there are millions out there who do not engender those feelings in their offspring, but there are also millions more who do. They leave those unsolved Rubik’s Cube feelings up to us to navigate, in life and in death. Continue reading Thanks Mom

Unknown's avatarShawnDecember 2, 2025December 2, 2025
Magic, Poetry

Spring Creek

Sitting under trees, thinking of dead people. Continue reading Spring Creek

Unknown's avatarShawnNovember 2, 2025December 2, 2025
Poetry

Changling

For when is the majesty of this mundane world
so apparent if it is not when leaves,
Chameleons all,
burn so brightly? Continue reading Changling

Unknown's avatarShawnOctober 24, 2025December 2, 2025
Cry

Isn’t That the Way They Say it Goes

And in the words of Mr. Croce, I wish I could call to tell them I’m fine. I only wish my words could just convince myself. Continue reading Isn’t That the Way They Say it Goes

Unknown's avatarShawnOctober 24, 2025December 2, 2025
Cry

Here’s Where the Story Ends

I really hate that feeling when a memory comes back and yet you have to pivot your love for that memory immediately to melancholy because you know you’ll never have those times with that person ever again. Continue reading Here’s Where the Story Ends

Unknown's avatarShawnAugust 30, 2024December 2, 2025
Magic

Doin’ It to Death

I’d like to say I’ll change. But really, why? What’s the harm? Continue reading Doin’ It to Death

Unknown's avatarShawnAugust 24, 2024December 2, 2025
Cry, Magic

Me Time

I had a thought tonight as I was bittersweetly celebrating my newfound lack of responsibilities: Do we ever lose the feeling of disappointing our parents? Continue reading Me Time

Unknown's avatarShawnJune 4, 2024December 2, 2025
Laugh

We Would Wear Hats

Mother’s Day sneaks under my radar these last few years, and once I realize it is upon me, I am paralyzed with inaction. Is that my particular manifestation of grief? Continue reading We Would Wear Hats

Unknown's avatarShawnMay 12, 2024December 2, 2025
Drink

2.4.14

…when you realize a key doesn’t fit a lock – a lock you need to open every day, 3 or 4 or 9 times a day, you quit using the wrong key. Because no matter how much you try, that door is not gonna open. Continue reading 2.4.14

Unknown's avatarShawnFebruary 4, 2024December 2, 2025

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