The Countdown.
T - 31 Days: The Lease. I knew this time would eventually come. Something to break my heart and make it real. I didn't need to sign it...
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dearabi
- Oct 23, 2020
- 2 min
I Still Choose You.
I unpack all my boxes. I have dinner with friends. I borrow three forks. And a box cutter. And a wine opener. I put new sheets on my bed....
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dearabi
- Oct 19, 2020
- 1 min
The Sunday Sads.
Sundays were made for lazing in bed. Pancakes for breakfast and tummy scratches. The farmer's market and taking your time, to lay in the...
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dearabi
- Oct 16, 2020
- 3 min
Lies You Tell Yourself.
I don't know who needs to hear this - actually, I do. YOU DO. Person who just unwillingly, begrudgingly heartbreakingly ended a...
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dearabi
- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
Who Do You Love?
I LOVE you. It may not be the “glitter and the gay”, I may not want to shout from a mountain top and I rarely blog about it, but it’s...
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dearabi
- Oct 8, 2020
- 2 min
My Wish for You.
Where you met. Your first date. First kiss. Anniversary trips. Your favorite restaurant. Order at Philz. Secret park. Guilty pleasure TV...
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dearabi
- Oct 4, 2020
- 2 min
the light in me honors the light in you.
When I immigrated to the United States from the Philippines at the age of 2, I lived in a few different apartments in San Francisco. But...
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dearabi
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
Welcome to the new, old GATNB
Whether you've been rocking with me since I was "a pair of Christian Louboutins and fresh out the box Js all in one" or are new to the...
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dearabi
- Oct 1, 2020
- 1 min
hell has no fury like a woman scorned.
And then the sky turned orange and it looked down on us. Muffled by the smoke it whispered, “I warned you”. We have failed her, and for...
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dearabi
- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
Redefinition.
Everyone always asks me how I feel, and I always tell everyone I’m … “OK”. And for the first time, I’m not lying. I’m just scared. Scared...
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dearabi
- Aug 23, 2020
- 2 min
Effortless.
I’ve spent most of my blogging existence documenting my quest to fall ridiculously, inconveniently, and agonizingly in love. So does this...
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dearabi
- Jul 26, 2020
- 2 min
The Truth and the Lies of Therapy.
Not everyone needs therapy, but all of us could use it. Yet, those could benefit from it the most refuse to go. And that’s OK. One...
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dearabi
- Jul 7, 2020
- 2 min
0 to 2 real quick.
When we’re starving, we want to eat. When we’re thirsty, we want to drink. So when we’re sad, we of course want to be happy. But it’s...
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dearabi
- Jun 29, 2020
- 2 min
Apples and Trees.
A friend of mine started sharing random videos of cute babies doing cute things after she realized I held the same affinity for them....
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dearabi
- Jun 19, 2020
- 2 min
you’re a bird.
The other day I was sad. Not sad, sad. Just little kid sad, pouting and stuff. It was 79 degrees and we don’t have a deck, or a balcony,...
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dearabi
- Jun 12, 2020
- 2 min
QuaranTime.
It is now officially Day 40 of shelter in place (SIP), although technically Day 48 for me. I suppose it’s now appropriate to call...
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dearabi
- Jun 9, 2020
- 2 min
Day 68 – The Isolation Journals: The Unlearning
Your prompt for today: Reflect on the first time you became aware of race—either yours or someone else’s. What meaning did you make of it...
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dearabi
- May 31, 2020
- 1 min
Untitled
Dear Black Kings and Queens, I feel unqualified to write anything, but how can I NOT write something? For now, I just want you to know...
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dearabi
- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
Feel Me.
I used to pride myself in being able to write what other people felt or thought, but could never quite articulate. I struggled for a...
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