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Holly Goldberg Sloan

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    All reality is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair.

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    And just being there is ninety-nine percent of what matters when your world falls apart

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    Dysphagia is the medical term for not being able to swallow, and I know that there are two kinds of dysphagia: oropharyngeal and esophageal. But maybe there is also a third kind of dysphagia that comes when your heart breaks into pieces. I can't swallow because I have that kind.

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    For someone grieving, moving forward is the challenge. Because after extreme loss, you want to go back.

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    From my observation, the older you get, the more you like the word cozy. That's why most of the elderly wear pants with elastic waistbands. If they wear pants at all. This may explain why grandparents are in love with buying grand kids pajamas and bathrobes.

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    I force myself to think of anything but the one thing that I'm actually always thinking about. And that is so exhausting that I sleep more than I ever have.

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    I'll be ready. I'm not sure for what exactly. But maybe that's what being ready really means.

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    I'm putting my place in the universe into perspective. I'm stardust. I'm golden brown. I'm just one small bit in a vast expanse.

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    It has been my experience that rewarding and heartbreaking often go hand in hand.

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    The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence

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    When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama.

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    Appleblossom can't believe the taste of the dark square. Is tehre a way to describe this morsel of goodness? It is so sweet adn smooth. It makes a green snail seem like an old pinecone seed, and every possum knows that a green snail is fantastic eating.

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    At least it's working out because Cheddar is sort of obsessed with me, or at least very interested, which in the world of felines counts as obsessive behavior.

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    But being a brother or a sister (if you are lucky enough) is the role of a lifetime.

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    Connectedness. One thing leads to another. Often in unexpected ways.

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    Every person has lots of ingredients to make them what is always a one-in-a-kind creation. We are all imperfect genetic stews.

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    For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Becuase all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen.

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    Here's what we have seen: The way one story ends but then starts up again. The way families are made from people who want to be together more than they want to be apart. The way no one can tell you what is or isn't a family. Well, they can tell you but you don't have to listen and you shouldn't listen. You need to only listen to your heart. The way worrying is sometimes about the wrong thing. The way some people are bold and some people are more scared, but once in a while the parts switch. The way you can discover love even when you don't expect it.

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    I am a shadow. I no longer dream in color. I don't count by 7s. Because in this new world I don't count.

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    I cut all my words out. My heart was too full of them.

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    I made a note to talk to him about soft drinks. Those beverages are not healthy. from counting by 7s (not listed in drop-down)

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    I’m not brave; it’s just that all other choices have been thrown out the window.

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    It was ironic that the kids who didn't go to school would be punished with the threat of being kicked out.

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    It was possible that he was making some progress in his mental health condition by seeing me.

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    It would look pretty messed up to be a social worker and have dried kid blood as a permanent stain in your vehicle.

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    I usually found so-called "small talk" boring. I like "large talk", which is more about theories and concepts, mixed with facts and known quantities.

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    I want to take these shoes and not just wear them: I want to hug them.

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    My dad takes most of the pictures in our family, and he makes scrapbooks. This means he gets to figure out what's important for us to remember... I guess my mom could make a scrapbook, but she doesn't. And I could do it and so could my brothers, but then we would need extra pictures. Plus we're just kids and we don't have time for that. I know the scrapbooks we'd make would be different from Dad's. But the person who does the work gets to write the history.

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    My goals for this summer, if I had goals, would be to not worry about my height and also to find new ways to be happy now that Ramon is gone.

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    Only in cartoons and fairy tales and greeting cards do endings have glitter

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    Pattie saw grief. Her eyes focused on a version of her own young self, and so many other children in Vietnam who grew up without parents, some abandoned because of their ethnicity, others because of tragedy. And her arms reached out wide.

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    Shawn Barr takes only a few steps onto the stage, and all of us are clapping for him. He bends at the waist in a bow, and I'm not sure if it's the loud applause or my heart beating so hard, but it feels like an explosion inside me. He is the one whogot us to this place tonight.

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    She said they needed to put down a real root system to achieve their potential

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    She's there for me. And just being there is ninety-nine percent of what matters when your world falls apart.

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    Thanks, Mom. Thanks for making me try out for this play.' I think I might have just made being a mother totally worthwhile for her. I will try to never forget her face...Mom's got tears in her eyes and she's smiling. It's an amazing look. I have to remember how powerful it can be to say thank you. Especially to the people you live with.

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    This is why the deepest form of pain comes out as silence.

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    What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens.