Tag Archives: childhood

Love’s Not A Competition, But I’m Winning

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Six Feet Standing Tall

It all started with a boy named Brian. I was in the fourth grade when we were asked to choose a poem or an excerpt, memorize it and recite it in front of the class. Those identified to be the … Continue reading →

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Depths of Despair

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Six Feet Standing Tall

This past Saturday, I was flipping through my feed on Facebook and stopped the scroll short when I read some sad news: the actor Jonathan Crombie died. He was only forty-eight years old. If you read that name with a … Continue reading →

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This Side of Joy

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Six Feet Standing Tall

Tucked away on my bookshelf is a picture of me when I was maybe three or four-years old sitting in an armchair and smiling broadly, holding a doll. My haircut is a bit awful, styled in a bowl-shape and there’s … Continue reading →