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Big Feels on Kumbaya Friends and How They Got Me Through the Big Stuff
Love is a hellscape, money eludes me, but friends? Oh, I got ‘em. Thank god.
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Big Feels on Stretching My Legs and How I Learned to Drive in a 16 Passenger Van
When we pulled into the outskirts of the Wal-Mart parking lot (it’s easier to park such a big van on the margins), we would get pointed looks from the…
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Big Feels on Growing Into Future Me
I haven’t been able to think about the end of this year without thinking about the last two years, the last eight, my whole life.
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Big Feels on World Peace
He says, “For you, it has been hard before, it will be hard again, but there is nothing to fear here,” then he kisses my forehead.
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Big Feels on being Yelled at by Men, and Other New Things in a Huge City
"Go to karaoke, especially if it is a lesbian bar and you are a lesbian. Say yes to singing a duet with a stranger; why not, you are fun and this is…
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Big Feels on Being a Bumpkin in a Big City
It is not all bad to be a bumpkin. Sometimes there is pity. Sometimes you charm them by how pitiful you are.
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Big Feels on Curating a Perfect Divorce
In his car, his music starts to play, “Can you play one of our songs?” I ask. He puts on “I Slept With All Your Mothers” by Harriet. We always…
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Big Feels
Big Feels
The feelings are big; the heart is pure.
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