Now you’ve seen me
Now you see me
I’ve put in too much work for myself and my experiences to become just another column — just another set of stories.
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Love at 2nd glance
Love is her eyes in the sun and her hair in the rain. Love is waking up every day and wanting to be a better person — for you and for her.
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Parental guidance
Now you see me
The one thing he did show me was how I want to love and be loved. I want to counteract the hate that he’s put out. I want to clean off the rust and shine.
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The always nasty birthday girl
I want to laugh more. I want to share happiness, but more importantly, I want to share the pieces of my mom that I always carry to the people in my life.
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A promising stay at the YMCA
Now you see me
Watching the kids live uninhibitedly for a week, however, I was reminded how easy it used to be to shut my brain off and have fun doing literally anything.
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I’m alive, thanks for asking
Now you see me
Living is as subconscious as breathing but as conscious as brushing my teeth. But I’d be lying if I said that, some days, I really don’t want to.
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I.O.U.
Love was the only thing that we could always afford. And it was worth more than any gift or dollar amount.
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Nice to meet you
Now you see me
I would much prefer to spend my time laughing rather than crying. It’s a nice change of pace.
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Serious about cereal
Now you see me
I decided to try a new cereal every week, just to dip my figurative toes in the milk of change.
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Becoming ‘the’ Berkeley student
Off the Beat
Since being admitted to UC Berkeley, I was fixated on being “the” Berkeley student. I was going to replicate my “success” of my community college days while redeeming myself from my failures in high school.
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