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"'I know you are not even thinking about going outside in your perfectly white graduation gown that is going to stay perfectly white,' my sister says, her hands on her hips.I roll my eyes but smile before slipping it off, hanging it over a chair in the dining room. I slide the backdoor open, close it behind me, and slip off my heels.
I walk slowly to the little patch of dirt surrounded by grass where a weight used to be and dig a small hole using one of my grandmother's gardening shovels. The letter I wrote and the rock I've clung too tightly to fall easily into its little depth. Then I pause and I look up at the beautiful sky and take a big, long breath.
There are many beginnings in life. There is the day your parents met and the day you were born. The hour you took your first step, the moment of your first kiss, the day you marry the one you love. Even the day your heart was first completely broken was a beginning in your life. This day is a beginning for me.
I exhale, long and steady, releasing all of the pain of this past year. Releasing all of my sadness and frustration, all of the bad thoughts and the hopelessness. I release it all in this moment because it's time to move on. It's time to keep walking, to stop crying.
Today is the day that my life begins."
--Why are You Crying
Sometimes I really want to write this story, other times I don't think I ever will. In any case, I really wanted to redo this, the first version can be seen here: candyam.deviantart.com/art/1-B…
This version is almost just as sloppy XD
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ErnCer [2013-09-24 23:55:30 +0000 UTC]
This one's a great improvement when you compare them. Maybe this should be one of the pieces that you come back to every now and again to measure your progression. I like the writing that goes with this, though. It's very touching.
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ComicAnthropologist [2013-08-16 23:29:06 +0000 UTC]
I have a question, having read that. Do you think you could check out my project, the Once A Day Project? Just from that blurb, I would love it if I could feature this in the group, or even have the story, if you wanted somewhere to write it. Just a thought. It was well done, and quite touching, to be honest.
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CandyAM In reply to ComicAnthropologist [2013-08-17 01:55:34 +0000 UTC]
Firstly, thank you hehe! I'm always glad when someone is touched by my writing <33
And moving on, I read your journal but I'm a bit confused XD How exactly does this project work?? I think I understand the concept, but yeah XDD
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ComicAnthropologist In reply to CandyAM [2013-08-17 05:30:42 +0000 UTC]
Well, It's intended to be a DAS style deal, but there's also a group where people can post things themselves. Essentially, the choice is yours, if you want to send me the story, or post it yourself, but to uplift people, show them that life is worth living. To relive moments in time that made us proud, or happy, even if there's serious undertones. To show people the happy side of life that DAS....sometimes fails to.
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