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Hesitation in the Garden

In the quiet green hush of her garden, Vixie meets Hesitation—the garter snake who never strikes, never flees, just watches her with patient, unblinking eyes. Among foxgloves and shadows, she wonders what it would be like to shed the selves she’s outgrown, and envies how easily the snake leaves his past behind.
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Twenty-Seven and Still Becoming

I told myself I feel older in the wise, whimsical way— like a tree that’s finally okay with having moss in weird places. But truthfully, I feel a little haunted by the silence where love still hasn’t shown up holding flowers and bad decisions.