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The Apple Caramel Syrup

I got a little crabby this morning when I asked my boyfriend and my roomie, “Who wants a German apple pancake?!” and I raised my hand excitedly…. and my boyfriend said, “ehhh…..” I bought apples.  To make a German apple … Continue reading

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The Life With a Dog

When I moved in with my new roomie in July, it was understood that her dog may come to stay with us now and then (he technically lives with her parents on the other side of the state).  I was … Continue reading

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The Dream, Coming True

I’ve been friends with Preston since sophomore year of college, which I’m slowly realizing is actually quite some time ago.  We were both going to school in North Dakota and were in and out of some of the same buildings … Continue reading

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The Emotional Savior

Derek is a man who occupied my mind often for an extended period of time. I had been blogging since before I knew what blogging was, had relatively recently found 20SB, and he was, at the time, one of the … Continue reading

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The Boyfriend

He had his arms around me and made some joke about picking me over his 15 other girlfriends that night.  He’d made this joke before, those 15 other girls vying for his attention, oh, aren’t I lucky?  But this was … Continue reading

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The Straight Up Truth

Lately I’ve been having these overwhelmingly wonderful feelings.  Love.  Patience.  Contentment.  Overwhelmingly wonderful. We broke it off “for good” in July.  You can ask my brother, because he was in the house with me.  You can ask my mom, who … Continue reading

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The Choices We Make

Do you think we have to live with every single choice we ever make? I mean, probably, although most choices kind of just blend into life and the person you are, rather than becoming moments you look back on and … Continue reading

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The Gut Feeling

Something told me to call. I let it ring for about three seconds before I hung up. 20 minutes later something is still telling me to call.  I do. The phone rings a ridiculously long time.  Voice mail picks up. … Continue reading

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The Belief

This story, which I wrote more than two years ago, is about a guy  named Ryan. What I fail to mention in this lengthy recount is that one night, after a lovely day of rehearsal and silliness together before our … Continue reading

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The Rules

I was eating dinner with a friend earlier this week.  The subject of the evening was, as usual, men. MEN. UGH. The biggest lament, though, was all the social standards that we feel like we need to adhere to.  For … Continue reading

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