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People Can Do Hard(ish) Things
So, here's the really awkward thing - like an ex I never had, I have come crawling back to this blog. Why? It all started when I got...
Alexandra Hillenbrand
Apr 15
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Bonjour Twenty Twenty-Four
As far as it goes, I have always been afraid of everything. Strangers, socialization, stagnancy. Independence, ignorance, intimacy. Hated...
Alexandra Hillenbrand
Jan 1
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How The Mets Gave me Hope
New York City is great. It's magical, really, especially with the leaves slowly but surely turning orange and red. The Mets are making...
Alexandra Hillenbrand
Oct 19, 2024
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Invisible String
An invisible string—a thin, swirling piece of destiny—follows us all around and connects us with the people meant to be in our lives. I...
Alexandra Hillenbrand
Sep 14, 2024
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The First Day of School
On my first day of school, my parents walked me to the front doors. I was shocked when they told me I wasn’t just there to play with my...
Alexandra Hillenbrand
Jul 30, 2024
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Recipe for Moving Out of Your Childhood Home
Recipe for Moving Out of Your Childhood Home Don't already have moved out of your actual childhood home in the first place, it softens...
Alexandra Hillenbrand
Jul 16, 2024
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may the fourth be with you
A rat touched my foot on a hot, sticky night in June. It was the night of a small housewarming for my apartment, which had been moved...
Alexandra Hillenbrand
Jul 8, 2024
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happy one year!
During my final round-up of my last few belongings in my bedroom, I sorted out my jewelry. Everything else was moved into a...
Alexandra Hillenbrand
Jun 21, 2024
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Straight from the Tortured Poets Department
To be Known There’s one thing they don’t tell you when you’re very small, They don’t say that ‘to be known’ is the greatest gift of all....
Alexandra Hillenbrand
May 8, 2024
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