Sunday, August 19, 2012

Spiral Notebook Sunday: Sunday, November 10, 1985

Sometimes, we have to learn the same lesson over and over again. The only difference between the me who, at 17, wrote tonight's Spiral Notebook selection and the 44-year-old me I've been these past few months is the older version recognizes the fact that all 75 of those selves are part of the same whole...

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Sunday, November 10, 1985


I've been 75 different people the past few weeks and it's beginning to pull me apart. I'm sure the pull apart feeling is exhaustion.

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5 comments:

  1. Julie DeMille8/20/12, 4:14 PM

    I love your 17 year-old self.

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  2. Sleepy Joe8/20/12, 6:26 PM

    Getting older does seem to provide a better perspective on a lot of things

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  3. Unknown8/21/12, 8:15 PM

    I shudder to think what I might find I my journals from 17. You seem relatively wise.

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  4. Masked Mom8/22/12, 1:25 PM

    Thanks everybody. And Tara, I've shared only the wise-ish stuff lately, but maybe we'll go in for some real teenage angst this Sunday. :)

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