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The Freedom to Be Me: On Choice and Privilege, and the Rights of an American People.

Our choices define us and create our legacy. So choose wisely. First for your own happiness, and then for your neighbor's. Choice is freedom realized.

happiness

Prayer for the Closing of the Day: Gratitude in the Dark.

Take comfort in your darkness, allow the not-knowing to propel your desires, send them like prayers into the starless night. The day has reached its zenith.

poetry

The Best Way to Honor the Dead Is to Live. {poetry}

Darling, live well If we should die tonight, let the world know our voices rang out To sing all the words to all the songs that left their marks in our hearts

wisdom

Listen to the Lyrics.

Despite my loneliness, I’ve found camaraderie in characters of books, catharsis in the lyrics of all the sad songs, comfort in brushstrokes -- the brilliant way chiaroscuro makes the light in an oil painting come to life.

poetry

Create Love, Not War. {poetry}

If I were to pray My prayers would be for you You are loved so much

you & me

I Am Not Going To Cry Over Turning 25.

I still feel 17, so who is this adult you speak of, this adult you expect me to be? I don't remember signing up for this. I have no idea who I am or what I think anymore, and I'm tired of being weighed down by thoughts that aren't my own. They are the thoughts society has berated us with all ...

you & me

Light Up Your Grieving Heart.

We are walking hand in hand, my little legs pumping to keep up with his. “How fast can you go? Show me how fast we can go.” He liked to walk fast; New Yorkers walk fast, they just do. I am counting cracks in the sidewalk and hopping over them just like the rhyme says to do. We make a right, and ...

Alise Versella

The Freedom to Be Me: On Choice and Privilege, and the Rights of an American People.

Prayer for the Closing of the Day: Gratitude in the Dark.

The Best Way to Honor the Dead Is to Live. {poetry}

Listen to the Lyrics.

Create Love, Not War. {poetry}

I Am Not Going To Cry Over Turning 25.

Light Up Your Grieving Heart.

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