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Transient discomfort of uncertain origin Activating ancient internal reactions
My counselor asks; my reply pours out of my chest, along with a waterfall of tears, in a very cartoonish stream.
Bryn Caputo dreams of being a graphic designer. The problem? She isn’t confident enough in her abilities to tell her parents or friends. Instead, she seeks honest feedback by using her skills to help her peers as well as at her aunt’s bakery, which specializes in Setback Cakes. Setback Cakes, a bakery specialty, encourage accepting…
An associate directs me to Virginia Woolf’s essay. It is an act of kindness, I suppose, but the solace I seek is not there.
Braille raised on banisters like gnarled tree trunks canes tapping sounds like nightmare-fueled insects