Do it for HER.
There's a trend going around where you put up a baby photo of yourself as a reminder to do things for that mini version of you. That kid...
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dearabi
- Sep 20
- 3 min
How to Pack just a Carry-on for a 2 week trip.
After hearing about all the CDG airport lost luggage fuckery, I decided to take on the challenge of packing just a carry-on (and a...
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dearabi
- Sep 16
- 3 min
Can I Take You Out Sometime?
I recently watched the movie Clean starring the ever so handsome Adrian Brody. In it, he has a conversation with his barber about how...
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dearabi
- Feb 22
- 1 min
but she'll never be you.
She was Colombian and Thai. The one before her, French and Black - both dancers. And just like that, I felt so ... plain. It's silly and...
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dearabi
- Jan 10
- 2 min
People Who Walk in the Rain.
I used to be afraid of the rain. I thought it would dissolve the facade of me being OK. Strip me of my smile and uncover a season of sad...
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dearabi
- Dec 30, 2021
- 1 min
Sugar N Spice.
What are little girls made of? Sugar n spice, and everything nice. That's what little girls are made of. But women like me who were born...
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dearabi
- Jul 12, 2021
- 2 min
Radical Acceptance.
I've been seeing a therapist on and off for a decade now. I've tried a few. From a hypnotherapist to a sex therapist to a cognitive...
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dearabi
- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
I See You.
What a tragedy it is for you to not see the beauty I see in you. To be blind to the way your eyes widen and sparkle when something...
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dearabi
- May 11, 2021
- 1 min
I Sea You.
There's nothing like the sea, to make you see. Just how small you really are. Not small like the grains of sand covering the beach Small...
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dearabi
- Apr 12, 2021
- 2 min
The Audacity.
A few days ago I shared a story on Instagram about the time I moved to New York to pursue writing, yet told the cashier at Brooklyn...
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dearabi
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
Hit it on the Nail.
Fun fact: my mom didn't let me grow my finger nails until I graduated high school. She thought I was too young to. Sometimes, I'd get...
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dearabi
- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
Putting the FUN, in Fungi.
I always wanted to try psychedelic mushrooms, but was too scared to have a "bad trip" considering my mental health journey. I've tried...
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dearabi
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
The Difference.
I knew I could marry my ex boyfriend when I knew I would be OK if we broke up. This doesn't mean I didn't think I wouldn't cry if we did....
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dearabi
- Jan 18, 2021
- 2 min
Lonely, but Not Alone.
Don't tell me not to feel lonely. You don't know what lonely is. I've spent many moons dancing by myself, and solo sunsets staring into...
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dearabi
- Dec 28, 2020
- 1 min
Healing Fatigue.
I'm sure every single person that is reading this right now can agree with me when I say, "I. AM. FUCKING. TIRED". Tired of quarantining,...
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dearabi
- Dec 21, 2020
- 2 min
The Ands.
During one of my therapy sessions, Angela asked me how I was feeling. I told her I'd been feeling the "ands". It wasn't until I started...
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dearabi
- Nov 9, 2020
- 2 min
Sexy, Accomplished, Vulnerable, Strong, Beautiful, and Loved.
In leggings and a sports bra. Right after yoga, pudge and abs all in one. NamaSlay. Walking around my clean apartment and watering the...
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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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