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Esther commented on the post, café 4 weeks ago

i was sitting in the cafe. like the hipsters normally do. just sipping my coffee and thinking about how things could have gone differently in my life. if i had stayed. if you had come looking for me. if i hadn’t let it all go away

Esther wrote about the word severe 2 years, 1 month ago

a severe illness. that’s what the doctor told me when i asked what my mom had. i was too young, of course, to understand what he would mean if he said “cancer” or “lukemia.” i was too young to understand that she would soon die. when her time did come, i was in shock. my [...]

Esther wrote about the word obsolete 2 years, 1 month ago

i had to make a quick move before my books quickly became obsolete. but what should it be? people always say that “sex sells,” right? wrong…how could i compromise my hard-earned novels for a bit of smut? what about a murder?…still no. but i had to find something-some new plot twist-and soon. before i was [...]

Esther wrote about the word bookshelf 2 years, 1 month ago

i brought it to school. my bookshelf.
but that didn’t stop my roommate from putting her alarm clock on it. didn’t stop her from standing on it to change the heat in our room.
our room.
my bookshelf.

Esther wrote about the word thirst 2 years, 1 month ago

“do you have the thirst? do you have the drive? do you have what it takes to be a coast guard?…i didn’t think so.” those were the last words that my supervisor had ever said to me. little did he know how easily i could prove him wrong

Esther wrote about the word plans 2 years, 1 month ago

you’re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow. you don’t need to make plans for tomorrow, but live for today. trust me, i know from personal experience. i was a planner, like you, but now, i know that life happens, not always according to plan

Esther wrote about the word galaxy 2 years, 1 month ago

he wasn’t even in my galaxy. i knew that from day one. but that didn’t stop me from wanting him, from wanting him to want me. somehow, knowing that i didn’t stand a chance with him made him all the more beautiful.

Esther wrote about the word purpose 2 years, 1 month ago

he was a man with a mission-with a purpose. people moved out of his way as he passed in the street. you could tell that he was going somewhere important, but no one stopped to wonder where that was or what was on his agenda. it was new york city, after all. who was i [...]

Esther wrote about the word executive 2 years, 1 month ago

she was the boss of the household. she controlled the finances, kept the home running smoothly, and even made sure that the kids had their lunches in the morning. so how did he still have the power to make her feel like dirt? she was the one in charge, right? so why did she look [...]

Esther wrote about the word however 2 years, 1 month ago

i don’t usually cheat on things like this. i can never live with the thought of taking someone else’s hard earned work. but tonight is different. there was no way that i could have done that homework last night, while everything was falling apart. so yeah, it was wrong. however, i’m willing to bet that [...]

Esther wrote about the word approach 2 years, 2 months ago

how was it that, even though he was so sure of his love and adoration, he still had no idea how to approach his best friend? he never knew the right thing to say. oh, he was mr. “do-it-all,” but he could never figure out how to express his feelings in words. it never seemed [...]

Esther wrote about the word policy 2 years, 2 months ago

you want to come into my life, take over my world, and leave me broken-hearted? you want me to spend sleepless nights thinking about could-have-beens and would have beens? well, i have a policy about this kind of thing. no one pushes me around, changes my opinions and turns my worldview on its head. no [...]

Esther wrote about the word whole 2 years, 2 months ago

“i need a whole loaf, you know i have a big family!” i said to the baker. i only had two coins, but i had far more mouths to feed. his bargaining for a half-loaf just wasn’t going to cut it today. my inability to pay had never been a problem before. this man had [...]

Esther wrote about the word gym 2 years, 2 months ago

he didn’t go to the gym yesterday. he told his parents that he did, of course. but the truth was that he couldn’t bring himself to lose the weight. just like he couldn’t bring himself to eat in front of his friends or buy a baseball uniform with his dad. the self-consciousness, the emotional weight [...]

Esther wrote about the word heels 2 years, 2 months ago

i don’t usually like to “kick up my heels” as they say. actually, i’m kind of shy. but boy, when hear the right music, i can really let loose. that’s what i think happened last night. no special feeling between you and me. just the right music and a little bit of kicking up my [...]

Esther wrote about the word wondered 2 years, 2 months ago

i have always wondered…how long will it be? before i choose to love you, or you to leave me? i have always wondered… how do you know it’s right? does it take a fluttering heart or sparks in the night? i have always wondered…but now i know. i can’t spend my life wondering, i just [...]

Esther wrote about the word bee 2 years, 2 months ago

bzz, bzz. that stupid bee just would not quit following me! they always seem to follow people who can’t stand them. of course, that would be me. of course, i also happen to be allergic

Esther wrote about the word barber 2 years, 2 months ago

i went to the barber this morning. always a way to get some good gossip. this time, the hairdresser told me that the preacher’s daughter was the girl down at the high school who went and got pregnant. kids these days. or it could just be gossip from the barber

Esther wrote about the word cards 2 years, 3 months ago

I hadn’t seen him in years, but somehow I felt as though we had been together yesterday. My son had left home for the military when he was just eighteen years old, seemingly without a second glance at the life or the family which he was leaving behind. My husband and I felt abandoned, forgotten, [...]

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