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Gwen Van Velsor

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Gwen Van Velsor writes creative nonfiction and pseudo-inspirational prose. She started Yellow Arrow Publishing, a project that publishes and supports writers who identify as women in 2016. Raised in Portland, Oregon, Gwen has moved many times, from sea to shining sea, now calling Highlandtown, Baltimore her forever home. Her major accomplishments include walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Spain, raising a toddler, and being OK with life exactly as it is. Her memoir, Follow That Arrow, was published in 2016.

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This year has been one of never being alone and always being alone. This child of mine is almost always by my side or in my arms or needing something, and she’s just not great yet at giving advice or offering a listening ear. We’re working on it. We’ve adapted to this life, or maybe, it’s adapted to us. In between naps my daughter and I make wide circles around our neighborhood, b

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