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The private and personal letters of a girl still growing up.
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Jess
Oct 23, 20206 min read
The Apartment
Nicky and I wanted to get away from it all. R-- was a tiny little town in the middle of nowhere, a farming community with a population...
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Jess
Oct 19, 20202 min read
First Time Moving Out
Graduation came and went, and now it was time to split. I was still struggling to make sense of it all, and anxious to escape the...
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Jess
Oct 16, 20201 min read
In a Nutshell- After Graduation
It was too soon for marriage, and too soon for a career. I didn't have the energy to start college right away. What to do, what to do? ...
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Jess
Oct 14, 20202 min read
Depression
I think the deciding factor in getting help for my depression was that I just COULDN'T snap out of it. It was a combination of a lot of...
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Jess
Oct 12, 20201 min read
Sign My Yearbook- High School
It's amazing how some of these inside-jokes just did. Not. Die. I'm so happy about that. I continue to be stunned by the audacity of...
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Jess
Oct 9, 20201 min read
Love Letters- Westley
The feeling was mutual. "Westley" and I never spent much time being romantic. Since he was among my very best friends, we usually all...
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Jess
Oct 7, 20202 min read
Love Letters- Friends
One thing that touches my heart is the tenderness with which I was treated by my friends. You expect to be showered with love and...
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Jess
Oct 5, 20201 min read
Love Letters- Family
We may not have had much, but boy, we took care of each other. Hi my Jess! I'm writing you a love letter. I am a little jealous that...
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Jess
Oct 2, 20201 min read
Love Letters- The Sweetheart
Love is sweet when it's between two best friends. Love Always- Jess
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Jess
Sep 30, 20202 min read
The Sweetheart
Thinking of my high school sweetheart makes me smile. If you're not already taken, would you marry- I mean be my locker partner- next...
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Jess
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Love Letters- Ned
Is there a woman on this earth who doesn't cherish her old love letters? Ned is a person I like and admire so much (obviously- he was my...
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Jess
Sep 25, 20202 min read
First Kiss
Now that I was kiss-stamped for approval, I was very anxious about if and when the anticipated day would come about. I wondered about it....
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Jess
Sep 23, 20202 min read
Date Dances
I was so relieved when I got asked to my first formal dance. I remember that I had to go that year because I was covering the dance in...
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Jess
Sep 21, 20204 min read
First Trip Abroad
Traveling to Italy with my grandma was the opportunity of a lifetime, and I knew it. Italy was amazing, but I was affected more by what I...
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Jess
Sep 18, 20203 min read
The Spy Pigeons
Here's another quintessential story I like to share with my students, especially if the conversation ever turns to spies (and with me,...
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Jess
Sep 16, 20202 min read
Just Funny
I love you! P.S. You reek like my hairy pits. Hi. Extreme exhaustion. Sp? Who cares. Death. Dying. Sp? Who cares. Reeky pits. ...
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Jess
Sep 9, 20202 min read
First Date
When I got home from my first real date, I threw the flowers the boy had given me in the garbage. laid my head on my dad's knee, and...
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