t-raise us up with Thérèse
A poet, writer, striver, blogger, lover, mother, other. I want to hug the world. I long for more whimsy, wonder, and pretty pics in 2026.
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Aug 25, 2026
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Sad News (opens the original)
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<img alt="boy in orange and yellow polo shirt wearing white and pink cap" class="sizing-normal" height="2592" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1584792323921-5b1a9f1b60ac?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max
Signposts of Success (opens the original)
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When my body is the dear departedWhat counts as my success will be:The little lives I expanded through teachingThe thousands of hours I spent reading to mine and other children of other worlds found in books The escapism of stories I spoke, wrote, or publishedThe time travel of good memories left behind like a trail My excitement, enthusiasm, verve, vivacity, and passionMy quirky style, the sheer exentricities in all the stuff I didThe love I gathered to me, the aura of it that surrounds meMy lo
Be There (opens the original)
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Thrashed (opens the original)
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My mother thrashed me at Scrabble until she was 91. <img alt="A group of people playing a game of scrabble" class="sizing-normal" height="5247" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1725398927288-695dcd8db014?crop=entropy&cs=ti
Laugh More Sleep More (opens the original)
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Here I was thinking I haven’t accomplished enough today, when I’ve done a whole lot. I’ve done a whole lot more things than usual, and I’ll do a whole lot more tomorrow. And it’s okay. And I’m okay. <sour
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