Embers in the Pines
Writing about healing, self-trust, meaningful work, and living one ordinary life fully. A place to come home to yourself and be present for the life that is yours.
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Naming 13. The People Inside the Miles (opens the original)
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Let’s go for a run.Don’t worry about how far we’re going yet. If I tell you the whole distance before we start, you’ll spend the first mile thinking about the last one, and I already do enough of that for both of us.The first mile is rarely my favorite. My body hasn’t quite agreed to what I’ve asked of it yet, and my mind is still at home with everything I left there. I’ll check my watch more than I need to, wonder whether my legs feel heavier than they should, whether my breathing is right, whe
Fragment 20. everyone who lives here (opens the original)
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Within 19. The Things No One Sees (opens the original)
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No one knows about the text I didn’t send. They don’t know what I almost said before I deleted it, or how quickly I once would have answered just to get the discomfort out of my body. They don’t know that a part of me still wanted to explain myself, defend what I meant, make sure I wasn’t misunderstood. From where they were standing, there was only a text and then no response. From where I was standing, there was a whole history inside that pause.There are changes in us no one else will ever hav
Naming 12. I’m Not on the Other Side of This (opens the original)
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