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When Your Heart is Still in South Africa

December 6, 2017 by Rae 8 Comments

I spent 10 years fantasizing about visiting one of the most beautiful continents on earth, Africa. In those years, I thought being able to visit this place could only happen in my dreams. But two weeks ago, that dream came true. It's been about a week since I hopped on a plane, traveled for 20 hours, and set foot on South African soil. Africa has me so full of words and thoughts that I want to share with everyone, yet I usually don't even know how to express them in a way that someone can understand the magnitude of its beauty. Africa ...

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A Whole Lotta Self-Care

November 21, 2017 by Rae 4 Comments

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It’s been over a month since my last update. I never intend on there being such vast space between posts, but then life happens. I’ve been uninspired due to other unfortunate happenings in my life and I’ve allowed being in that tough space to affect me. When this happens, I oftentimes forget to appreciate the space that I’m in. How far I’ve come. And how much there is to look forward to. Because when you’re in this space — this abyss of regret, sorrow, and failures, it’s easy to forget and ...

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SOS

October 1, 2017 by Rae 5 Comments

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It’s a new morning, but yesterday’s and the foremonths’ shit that affected you in whatever way is still lingering. You can feel it hardening you, yet numbing you simultaneously. You dive into hyper-analytical mode and you get angry. You become sad. You become regretful. All at once. And you’re just not sure how to handle it all. You think about the coagulation of the last few months. How occurrences have taken away your compassion and your empathy rendering desensitization like you’ve never experienced. You ...