Reclaim 61

Handwritten Journal

Thanksgiving Day 2013 (Part Two).

Mine was spent with the family of a coworker and future friend. The company was great. The food was delicious. I discovered sweet potato casserole was more like a dessert than anything else. And I called home (from which I hinged all my happiness of the day from).

The more I wrote about how good everyone was, the more I refused to admit how good everyone was not.

My tradition of sending holiday wishes to everyone on my contacts list included a number long deleted: Ophelia’s. After days of resisting, I caved on Thanksgiving Day. It resulted in the longest conversation since our breakup. I got to hear her voice and sweet laugh. I got to see pictures of the most modern her.

I got to relive the best part of my life up to that point.

The more I wrote about how I was over her and had no expectations, the more I refused to admit how I was not over her and carried


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