self-love
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Happy Birthday, Kiddo! We Made It!
2024, 57-years-old, adult-children-of-alcoholics, bipolar disorder, birthday, buddy-christ, Catholic, childhood, december, family, gift-to-myself, happy-birthday, i-love-you, indoctrination, its-my-birthday-month, jesus, kiddo, life, love, mental health, self-love, success, this-year, trauma, unquiet-mind, Winter SolsticeHappy birthday to the past and painfully young me. If eyes are the window to the soul, those eyes would reveal the storm raging in our most unquiet mind. Feeling unseen, irrelevant and invisible while at the same time trapped and claustrophobic. No power, no rage, no fists striking out blindly in anger; only the…
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Into the Looking Glass I Go
carnival, death, deity, distortion, evil-queen, funhouse, funhouse-mirror, irish-catholic, lies, life, looking-glass, love, mask, mirror, prayer, self-love, skunk, snow-white, souls, stank, stanky-stank, truth, unloved, windowI can’t see a mirror without thinking of magic portals and hidden worlds of incredible beauty where fantastical creatures roam. Centaurs and fairies, nymphs and unicorns alike, residing together in this mystical place. Mirrors are magical to me; from the first time I looked into a mirror and saw a wild child with curly hair,…
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Unanswered Prayers and Unimaginable Blessings
abyss, alcoholism, angels, beautiful souls, Big Guy, blessings, bottle a night, bountiful, courage, depression, faith, Garth Brooks, God, Knight in Shining Armor, manic-depressive, Mississippi, mother, Officer and a Gentleman, self-love, self-worth, Soul Mate, soulmate, tragedy, unanswered prayers, USAF, wineGarth Brooks, Catholic school, desperate times and unanswered prayers.
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When you can’t leave the past in the past, but you want to heal.
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Sometimes we need to stop merely existing and instead begin fully living.
Mostly Michelle Marie 