Posts By A Flower In The Wild

It’s three in the morning. I’ve been sitting in bed with a feeling I’ve had for a while now.

I don’t think I want to marry you.

It’s quite possible …
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I let him do it.

I let him put his hands into my two-day old twist out.

I let him dig his fingers into the curls, wiggle them as much …
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An unordinary email, on an ordinary day, floated through my inbox and the subject automatically caught my attention, “Can I Date Him?”

My first thought was: Can you date who?

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I have witnessed true love and I have lost it. I have traveled 2000 miles for love. I have put in my blood, sweat, and tears for love. I …
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Girl, I got a little experimental in the beauty section last month and stepped outside of my comfort zone. I. BOUGHT. A. BOX. OF. TAMPONS. Yes, my first box and …
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What happens when a friendship turns a corner and you realize that you have come to the end of the road? Folks (including me) say, “End the relationship amicably. You …
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What I fear most is that my relationship with my daughter will turn into the relationship I have with my mother. There’s a sense of detachment between my mother and …
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I’m sick of this E. You gotta do better with yourself.   She sat across from me on the floor in my bedroom and said those words with a pained …
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“Chelsea would be cute if she was lighter”, he said.

It’s difficult to put it into words, but the mixed emotions that flood over me when someone says something offensive …
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The past is calling. In the form of an early morning call. Almost disrespectfully early, which in my terms, means before 8:00am. No one should be calling me before 8am, …
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