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2011

Lift Yourself From Once Below

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March 8, 2011

  Praise the anger,
    bring it on home

“It’s just that sometimes, I wish I had someone to share things with. For example, when I saw all…

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2011

When A New Day Reaches Dawn

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February 28, 2011

I feel it’s worth the wait

Life has been packed with stuff, but thankfully I got out of that funk I was in a few…

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2011

I’m Not Angry

on
February 17, 2011

But I’ve never been above it.
   You see through me, don’t you?

So the computer beat the humans on Jeopardy. Yikes. It gave me the strangest…

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2011

I’m Trying To Keep Cool

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February 13, 2011

But everyone here likes you.
   I’m not the only one.

Life is… busy. Life is very fun, but life is busy. The weekend before last I…

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2011

O

on
January 31, 2011

I feel it in my soul,
     It’s gonna pick you UP
  when you’re feeling low (way low).

Grandma’s birthday two Saturdays ago was so much…

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2011 Relationships

I Can Feel the World Circling

on
January 20, 2011

  sniffing round me in the night…
And the lost sheep grow teeth, forsake the lambs
and lie with the lions
I’ve still been spending a lot of…

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2011

The Darker The Secret

on
January 12, 2011

the harder you keep it.
    But it’s no victory, always running away like I do.

I pack my life so full of “things”. Events, hangouts….

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2011

Why, Why, I’m Still Learning

on
January 1, 2011

how to trust myself and why, why,
    I turn the other cheek
(hoping maybe you’ll kiss me)

Alex is home! We hadn’t seen her since Easter!…

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Gemini

I Live the Envelope

on
December 21, 2010

pushed far enough to believe this:
      I am a princess on the way to my throne.

This Thursday was fun! I went with Katie and Kim…

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Gemini

Let’s Talk About Real Love

on
December 13, 2010

Truth and consequences—
    are you really going to stand for
  a love that waits its turn?

This weekend I had the surreal experience of going to Centre…

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COLETTE RHODES
EDMONTON, AB

Hey guys. I'm just some girl who enjoys life and thinks a lot. I'm a full-time wife & mom who loves gardens, coffee dates and cats, particularly my cat.

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