Essays
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The beach at Santa Monica is large, flat, and long. Palm trees, playgrounds, and restaurants are interspersed in the landscape, but the Santa Monica Pier rises above the water as a monolith among the sand. It draws people in with its lights, sound, and size. With it being the epicentre of excitement on the beach, it…
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Letting go. That has never come easily to me. I am not sure letting go comes easily to a lot of people, I can assure you it is not something I am graced with. From a young age, my life was about control. I didn’t need to control anyone else, or the things going on…
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2017 was a strange year for me, at times I struggled to know what I could offer people as a friend, family member, partner, etc. So I started writing down things I have learned in my life, lessons from a life full of strange and wonderful experiences. I shared these thoughts with my nieces and…