Another piece from the old blog, this girl had written this- and it surprises her she remembers when, where and why she wrote this- on a particularly sad day. It was a time in her life where she was learned that, like sand in your hand, the harder you try and hold on to something, [...]
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trip down sad: upside down
Posted in vintage, writings on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
homerun
Posted in travel, vintage, writings on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This was the first essay this girl ever wrote for the her the bulletin for her former church and it still holds a dear place in her heart given she actually spent quite a fair bit of time on it, researching on baseball- though she is sure she still got some facts wrong- and reading [...]
the original sock story
Posted in vintage, writings on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jesse owned a pair of funny socks. Unlike most socks that were identical, his weren’t! One side was blue with hot pink stripes and a tiny strip of orange just at the border of where the toes would be; and the other that was white with brilliant green flowers printed all over, and each flower [...]
Revisiting the missing piece
Posted in sock stuff, vintage, writings on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This girl is good at letting go and closing chapters. She’s not one that stores mountains of keepsakes, or old things because they have sentimental value. She holds on to very few things, focusing on remembering things for the essence and memory of what they are than on the thing itself. And one of the [...]
from Zwieback
Posted in friends, vintage, writings on January 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Zwieback wrote this for this girl years ago. Its something this girl keeps close by because it means a great deal.
“There are people you forget and smiles that fade away.
There are moments you regret and people who don’t stay.
But sometimes you meet someone and that someone sticks around,
Filling the world around you with her laughters [...]
rumpled, silked, skinned
Posted in life learnings, sock stuff, the sock shop, vintage on November 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Many of you would know the old children’s tale of Rumpelstiltskin, the knavish dwarf Brother’s Grimm character who helps the miller’s daughter spin yarns of gold in exchange for the most precious gifts she owned, including her first born child. When the manikin comes to claim the said child- a princess, for the miller’s daughter [...]
from the ages past
Posted in sock stuff, vintage, writings on November 8, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Someone recently asked this girl for a copy of this post from her old blog. This girl used to spend a lot of time writing stuff like these; its been a long time since she did any sort of writing of this sort. Maybe she should start again. Anyway, she thought she’d re-share it. It [...]
