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beginner forgiveness ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
In my relatively happy life, I have had to learn to forgive. Fragile creature I am not, but people have still stabbed right through me — sometimes intentionally, sometimes w/out malice. And there were times I felt I could not possibly survive. I share this because I have learned — painfully, the hardest of ways…
why would you disavow your happy life?
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I love my car. And I love the few times I’ve been able to ride in it w/ my BFF. I’ve had it for 10 years this month, and I still love it. Strangers drive up next to me and tell me they love it. (This happened just yesterday, at the intersection of 71st &…
at the fair ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
You can see almost anything at the State Fair. Cakes that look like Chinese porcelain, fried butter (really), newborn lambs so wobbly they fall over, grown men carrying giant stuffed animals, Golden Driller bottles of beer… And more. Lots more. People come to the fair I never see at any other time of year. It’s…
Dan, the couple in the car beside me, and seeing with new eyes ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
On my way to pick up groceries for a family-full weekend, I pulled up to a stop light. As is my usual habit, I watched the people around me (I’m a die-hard people-watcher :)). In the car next to me was a couple, laughing, obviously happy together in the way that new couples often seem,…
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