Advice comes in two kinds: that which looks good in calligraphy, and that which stabs. One is eat-pray-love and it’s bullshit. Keep a dream journal. Swallow the turmeric. Embrace your greys. Photograph your hands. Never say I told you so. 

How To Take Advice

You tucked magic into objects, that was one thing 
about you. Shenanigans, another.


First The Grasshopper

I thought of two things when I found out that the Zimmerman’s home had gone down in flames: first, that I would’ve saved my hour and forty-five minutes Q-tipping the dust off each picture frame on the mantle if I had known 

What I Didn't Take 

I picked Oregon because I was tired of the floods and hurricanes and I didn’t pick California because they have their own problems

Disaster Planning

Jean? She wasn’t the crying type. Not that she thought tears were unbecoming or a sign of weakness, no, Jean was just someone who operated in clear returns: what does this get me? Crying wiped her out.

rhienna renée guedry

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