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    Missing You
    elyse hughes
    • Mar 5
    • 2 min

    Missing You

    Mmmmm, I miss you Chad. The delicious ache of aged loss swelled inside me. How many years had it been now? — since he’d gone. Who else...
    Burning Bridges
    elyse hughes
    • Feb 11
    • 3 min

    Burning Bridges

    Sometimes I think back on stories I’ve written, things I’ve shared, and am hit by a panicked wave. Maybe I shouldn’t have said that!...
    Why Being Self-absorbed Is Essential To Self-Caring
    elyse hughes
    • Dec 5, 2021
    • 8 min

    Why Being Self-absorbed Is Essential To Self-Caring

    Someone recently brought to my attention that there’s a difference between self-care and being self-absorbed. As if I didn’t know, but...
    The Great Big Wall (V of V in the Friend Breakup Series)
    elyse hughes
    • Nov 7, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Great Big Wall (V of V in the Friend Breakup Series)

    I hadn’t taken into account how wrong I would feel. For all the things I said, or didn’t. I didn’t feel guilty for the things she wanted...
    Over It Then In It (IV of V in the Friend Breakup Series)
    elyse hughes
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 5 min

    Over It Then In It (IV of V in the Friend Breakup Series)

    I had a dream that she was telling me off. Then telling me off some more. Securing the last word, yet again. Then the scenery changed to...
    A New Friend?
    elyse hughes
    • Oct 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    A New Friend?

    For most of my life, friends had come to me. They were just there, in the seat next to me in class, building on banter at countless jobs,...
    From What Faded (III of V in the Friend Breakup Series)
    elyse hughes
    • Oct 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    From What Faded (III of V in the Friend Breakup Series)

    One occupational hazard of being friends with entrepreneurs is receiving their email newsletters after you’re no longer friends. The...
    The Fallout (II of V in the Friend Breakup Series)
    elyse hughes
    • Sep 18, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Fallout (II of V in the Friend Breakup Series)

    Why does the shit stick? Not the times we listened with our heart wide open to catch the other’s pain . . . stopped everything to be...
    It Was Like A Death (I of V in the Friend Breakup Series)
    elyse hughes
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 5 min

    It Was Like A Death (I of V in the Friend Breakup Series)

    It hurt to think of her, memory still bloated and raw with pain . . . regret. It was like a death, our breakup. I attempted to soften it...
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