Stories tagged with "bittersweet"
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Another Door Closed (Nostalgia Challenge)

My life is a series of doors, closing and opening on unpredictable hinges and sometimes the wind still sweeps one open.
A sc…
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Bittersweet
Rage was empowering every inch of her body. She could feel the heavy pulse of blood flowing through her veins. The bitter swe…
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Prom
I’m standing outside on the balcony, facing the fading day. Out here, the music is only a deep bass tremble I can feel in the…
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Reflecting on Sisterhood

I sat outside on the swing, dragging the end of my shoe across the sand. Devon giggled and sang beside me as she swung as hig…
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Summer (Hellos and Goodbyes)
I’m parked outside your house.
The sun spills into my open windows, baking the black interior of the car. A slight breeze st…
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The taste of salt.

My earliest memory brings with it the briny smell of sea, the feel of sand stuck between my toes, the sound of waves pummelin…
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Something About the Snow
It’s kind of a funny thing, but the snow makes me miss you more than ever before. Staring through the window at the dizzying …
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Scenes from a Football Game (Autobiography Challenge)

I’m in the stands, leaning against the brushed aluminum railing. It’s a perfect night for a football game – on the chilly sid…
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Coming Home

Just when the days start getting colder, I walk the streets I never knew. Behind the library and across the cemetary, where t…
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Straight out of the Rain
I know it’s Henry when I hear the bell from the top of the door.
He comes over to the counter of the small diner, hair stre…
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