Tag: death
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How death broke my family and Whatsapp put it back together
Death broke my family once. It all started when my grandfather had a stroke. He was the pillar holding up my dad’s side of the family. My dad has three brothers and four sisters. One of his sisters has five children. We’re a big family and it was only suitable that grandma and grandpa’s house […]
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I hate writing about love.
Every time I try, I just end up hating myself and shoving the doc away deep in my drive. But too much has happened to ignore it any longer. When you start to feel love whether it’s for a significant other or a friend, you’ve basically just signed up for cancer. It feels so good […]
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I met a woman on a plane
She fumbled with her seat belt. Nervously mashing one piece of the buckle into the other, shaking so vigorously it could have been mistaken for a poor joke. She finally clicked the metallic pieces in. Airline belts are like the dodo bird, unusual in nature and generally useless. Still shaking, she shifted in her tiny, […]
Jessica Puente 