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Pleasure Bouquets: Chaos

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks chez moi. I’m being pulled in 20 different directions. I feel like every aspect of my life has been put up for review, and found wanting. Of course, this is only my perception. I can’t see the bigger picture. I do know, however, that I have no road [...]

by on March 22, 2009  •  Permalink
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Posted by emmajames on March 22, 2009

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Pleasure Bouquets: Feeling Fragile

Some days are just bad days, and I have to make a concerted effort to find the pleasure in them. I wake up feeling fragile. Things I would otherwise shrug off leave me feeling bruised. The morning’s public interest story on NPR has me fighting back tears of empathy. The rush hour traffic compels me [...]

by on March 8, 2009  •  Permalink
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Posted by emmajames on March 8, 2009

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Escape

I used to wish madly for a magic pill that would solve all my problems. I used to think that one day I would wake up as an Adult – with a capital “A” – and everything would make sense. I used to think that life came with a very detailed instruction booklet which somehow [...]

by on February 26, 2009  •  Permalink
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Posted by emmajames on February 26, 2009

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Tears of Joy

For about five days in early November, 2008, I had a leaky eye problem. Every news story made me reach for the Kleenex. It wasn’t allergies. It wasn’t grief. It was profound joy and absolute relief. The same affliction came over me this past weekend, and has developed into a full-fledged crying jag today. Barack [...]

by on January 20, 2009  •  Permalink
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Posted by emmajames on January 20, 2009

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