Like the rest of the world, I found myself trapped inside, forced to confront myself as it were. I am not the type to spend countless hours on a puzzle or craft project—I am a thinker.
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GROW OR TURN TO DUST
I have that crushing pain in my chest. You know, the kind where breathing hurts; it labors in loss of love. There are moments it dulls, then moments it sits with me like an unwelcome guest.
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Art by Julie Winegard
WE CONTROL THE SHIP AND SAIL, BUT NEVER THE WIND AND WAVE
We don’t control everything, ever. Bad things happen to good people doing everything right all the time.
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EAT FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND THE REST WILL ALIGN
It’s been a minute since I last wrote to you. Hello, it is me, Andrea Bijou. I write and paint art for healing if you recall. We have reached the year 2020, can you believe it?
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PATIENCE IS MISSING FROM TEXTBOOK LOVE
Of all the ways to say I love you, “you are worth being patient for” is the most important way.
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GO TO NATURE
The trees wave. The air restores breath. I watch them talk and call to me. “Go to nature” they say.
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“My Younger Self” by Andrea Bijou
A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
“I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” – Mark Twain
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