HeyJaredmy so-called 40-something life
exploring joy, grief, undoing, redoing, making sense of, healing, loving, community alongside photos i take along the way.
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finding my way (opens the original)
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i have been writing in ams and decided to submit my fav recent poem to a substack publication. is a community of poets starting off and really like the community they are building- truly supporting and letting us all shine. great way to find fellow poets. taking submissions weekly. recommend the follow. sharing some of my favs. recently had people comment on a few older posts and a great reminder - words will continue to move and there is something everlasting about it.currently, am having epic
home (opens the original)
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there is something about orange marmalade (opens the original)
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Hello,I ended up needing a little break. The last piece I did was rather large so I needed a bit of reset. It was emotional but also truly felt good to write it.I am having old memories come back like childhood into early adulthood. I remember one thing and then there is a bit of flash and see more. My brain is rebuilding and creating all the synapses so per the course.I leaned into visitors (my parents) and childhood bf. These were very necessary. And it's so nice to spend time with loved ones
stroke is still a joke, and i’m not laughing (opens the original)
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things that don't suck 7 (opens the original)
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things that don’t suck 7<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="3976" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wWVo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F718c2d6a-d
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