August in ABQ, V

08.22.2014 || August in ABQ, Snapshots V

Today monsoon season showed itself. As I sipped morning coffee, I felt a little bit more bravery creep into me; courage that, despite my preconceived and anxious thoughts, returning to the PNW is going to be okay.

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“… she’s going to learn that this life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

There is hurt, here, that cannot be fixed by Band-Aids or poetry. So the first time she realizes that Wonder Woman isn’t coming, I’ll make sure she knows she doesn’t have to wear the cape all by herself because no matter how wide you stretch your fingers, your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain you want to heal. Believe me, I’ve tried.

… I’ll always keep an extra supply of chocolate and rain boots nearby, because there is no heartbreak that chocolate can’t fix. Okay, there’s a few heartbreaks that chocolate can’t fix. But that’s what the rain boots are for, because rain will wash away everything, if you let it.”

Point B, Sarah Kay, 2011

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