Orbit: Friendship Cartographies are a visual representation of coming to terms with the state of my friendships: the frequency of engagement, proximity, strength of bonds, and seasons. As I age, I’ve learned to detach and embrace how people come in and out of my life. Some present for a moment. Others for a season. And someContinue reading “Orbit: Friendship Cartographies | A Lesson in Friendships”
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Friend, A Definition
Friend… verb noun adjective preposition Friend… it’s who you are… it’s what you do… it’s how you move… Friend SideBar is an ongoing collection of musings, reflections, and reminiscences based off of everyday conversations and happenstances. To read more entries from SideBar.
Croissant
I was interested, but unsure if you felt the same. A bread and coffee shop served as our mutual domain. Our interactions resembled the fare served there. Light and buttery.Deep, dark, and robust.Sweet and sharp.Stickiness that tickled the fancy… Unlike the weather, our growing interactions never waned But when you said my name and askedContinue reading “Croissant”
This Is What Showing Up Looks Like I
You said that you were refraining from cursing, even though the word was right there on the tip of your tongue, locked behind the bars, known as your lips. We were young in our friendships, so I did what I believed to be showing up for my friend in their time of need. So likeContinue reading “This Is What Showing Up Looks Like I”
Apologies
Until that day, I didn’t know that there was an art to apologies. It’s a phrase that spoken about in movies, television shows and songs, but never in real life. Looking back now, I can’t even remember what I was sorry for, but it was important to me. I was passionate, most of our argumentsContinue reading “Apologies”
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