“It’s painful, loving someone from afar.
Watching them – from the outside.
The once familiar elements of their life reduced to nothing more than occasional mentions in conversations and faces changing in photographs…..
They exist to you now as nothing more than living proof that something can still hurt you … with no contact at all.”
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Watching them – from the outside.
The once familiar elements of their life reduced to nothing more than occasional mentions in conversations and faces changing in photographs…..
They exist to you now as nothing more than living proof that something can still hurt you … with no contact at all.”
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“A happy birthday is measured not in the amount of gifts one gets, but in the amount one is loved.”
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“What a curious power words have.”
― This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
― This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
“Sometimes all you can do is hug a friend tightly and wish that their pain could be transferred by touch to your own emotional hard drive.”
― Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
― Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“I am the bended, but not broken. I am the power of the thunderstorm. I am the beauty in the beast. I am the strength in weakness. I am the confidence in the midst of doubt. I am Her!”
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Maxine’s 2025 Year in Books
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