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P.S. I Love You

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The Sweet Seduction of Emotional Unavailability

How we long for that which we cannot have. — The thing about being tied to the emotionally unavailable is that this person can be sitting right next to you and still feel miles away. It’s a strange sensation, really. You miss the person most when they’re close, because you know it’s only a matter of time before you get…

Love

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The Sweet Seduction of Emotional Unavailability
The Sweet Seduction of Emotional Unavailability
Love

6 min read


Published in

The Wind Phone

·May 2

What Nobody Tells You About Grief

From someone who’s learned to live with it. — I haven’t published anything in a while. In part, that’s because I’ve started a new job and have had a lot of complicated things going on in my life, as any thirty-something does. But also, the grieving process, like anything else, waxes and wanes. While in 2019 I had a…

Grief

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What Nobody Tells You About Grief
What Nobody Tells You About Grief
Grief

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Sep 13, 2021

I’m Living in a Ghost Town

And there are pieces of me lost in all of its streets. — I’m driving through the quiet streets of my small hometown, listening to a horror fiction podcast through my car stereo. There are thick clouds blanketing the sky like a fog, and though it’s not supposed to rain, I wonder if a storm might settle in during the evening hours. As…

Death

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I’m Living in a Ghost Town
I’m Living in a Ghost Town
Death

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Aug 30, 2021

Why We Fear Uncertainty

And how we can learn to better embrace ambiguity. — At its essence, the fear of uncertainty is feeling uncomfortable with the unknown. And yet, anyone with any life experience knows that uncertainty is part of the package. …

Life

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Why We Fear Uncertainty
Why We Fear Uncertainty
Life

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Curious

·Jun 25, 2021

Drawing the Line Between Feeling Mad and Becoming It

The Art of Self-Righteous Anger — Last year around this time, I was ready to rip the paint off my walls. Which walls? All of them. Why paint? Because wallpaper was (and still is, at least as far as I’m aware) out of style. In any case, I was furious. If you’re familiar with the Fantastic…

Psychology

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Drawing the Line Between Feeling Mad and Becoming It
Drawing the Line Between Feeling Mad and Becoming It
Psychology

6 min read


Jun 23, 2021

The 8 Types of Men You Date (But Don’t Marry)

As they say — you first have to kiss a few frogs. — If you’re anything like me, you didn’t marry your high school sweetheart. You dated around and tried on different types of people until you found someone to settle down with. …

Love

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The 8 Types of Men You Date (But Don’t Marry)
The 8 Types of Men You Date (But Don’t Marry)
Love

6 min read


May 25, 2021

An Ode to My Dead Dad

All the things I’d tell him if he were still here. — Dad, I wish I could get the last image of you out of my head. It was a sacred and devastating thing, to see you right after you’d died. But it was almost as heartbreaking as watching you for weeks in a coma, fighting to stay alive. I walked into…

Grief

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An Ode to My Dead Dad
An Ode to My Dead Dad
Grief

6 min read


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P.S. I Love You

·May 19, 2021

Excuses For Staying In “Almost Relationships”

Reasons why we settle when we should just move on. — First, I’ll admit I was the queen of finding men that weren’t right for me, and subsequently honing in on the few tiny reasons that justified sticking around. …

Relationships

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Excuses For Staying In “Almost Relationships”
Excuses For Staying In “Almost Relationships”
Relationships

4 min read


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P.S. I Love You

·Mar 24, 2021

Being Chosen by Difficult People

And how we often confuse this with love. — My high school boyfriend was… complicated. I was fifteen, quiet, and studious; he was seventeen, popular, and barely passing his classes. I was smitten from the moment I met him, but he barely noticed me. I spent half a year trying to get him to come around, which at that…

Relationships

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Being Chosen by Difficult People
Being Chosen by Difficult People
Relationships

5 min read


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P.S. I Love You

·Mar 15, 2021

Waves of Loss

Sometimes you’re drowning, other times you’re swept away. — The first time I experienced gut-wrenching grief was after suddenly losing my dad in 2018. His death was much worse than I ever could’ve imagined. It hollowed me out. Somehow I survived it — which is the one thing I never thought I’d be able to do. …

Grief

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Waves of Loss
Waves of Loss
Grief

6 min read

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Shannon Leigh

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I’m basically a house cat with a penchant for introspection.

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