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Tag: growth

  • The Party

    The Party

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    Harper Leigh
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    It was almost exactly a year ago. We had just reconnected after a few weeks apart.The distance came from another party.A rupture.One where he had been inappropriate with another woman in front of me. Still, I was hopeful. It was his younger daughter’s party.I arrived early, at his house first. A small pre-gathering before the…

  • The Bravest Thing I’m Doing Is Letting Go

    The Bravest Thing I’m Doing Is Letting Go

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    Harper Leigh
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    The thing I’m most scared to do is let go of what I’ve outgrown. Not because I don’t see it.I usually do. But because letting go asks me to step into a quieter kind of courage. The kind where no one claps, no one validates it, and no one else can do it for me.…