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Month: March 2019

Letting go

March 20, 2019July 16, 2020 ~ Lory ~ Leave a comment

Preparing for an international move is quite a process. For much of my life before I got married I was a student, and moved to a different temporary residence every few years. I was used to living out of a suitcase and discarding or storing whatever didn't fit into a single room. But since setting … Continue reading Letting go

It’s not the end of the world

March 6, 2019July 16, 2020 ~ Lory ~ Leave a comment

Suppose you had never known anything but winter, never known the trees and shrubs around you as anything other than smooth, bare branches. Then suddenly one day they were covered with a sickly greenish sort of excrescence, that grew and spread until it completely obscured the familiar structure you were used to. Wouldn't it be … Continue reading It’s not the end of the world

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The Last Battle
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