Plan B: Chapter III

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Chapter III Movie Club

Lizzie stood outside the library door Friday night wondering how this could possibly be her life now. Instead of a hip New York club she was waiting for someone to open the library, the li-bra-ry door of all places.  On a Friday night.  “Someone sure hates me,” she said and glanced upward.  As soon as she did though, the thought occurred to her if she was still back in New York she would probably be working and still wouldn’t be at a hip New York club unless she was waitressing there. “Fine,” she mumbled to no one in particular.  “I get it, I get it.”

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Plan B: Chapter II

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Chapter II: Home

            Lizzie stepped off the bus and looked around.  How was it possible that the small chunk of town she could see looked simultaneously different and yet the same?  It was the same place she could remember growing up but with subtle changes.  A Wal-Mart inhabited the old Kmart building.  A Jimmy Johns was where the old A & W building used to be but that building was gone and a new one stood in its place.  Some kind of boutique was where Hallmark used to be.  But main street was still the same road.  Probably the same potholes, she thought to herself.  Although the traffic light itself seemed to be updated to the latest standards.  It all felt slightly unfamiliar yet familiar enough she knew where she was.  The place she never expected to come back to live.

            “Is that my Lizzie?” she heard a voice behind her ask.  Charles Carter was not a small man and his booming voice matched his physique.

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Plan B: Chapter I

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Chapter I: Coming Home

            Lizzie looked out the bus window and sighed.  Even though she had done everything she could to prepare herself emotionally for this trip she could feel it taking a toll.  It wasn’t just the journey but the reason behind the trip.  When she left New York, she tried to play it cool, like this was what she wanted.  But she knew she wasn’t fooling anyone even though they played along.  This was not what she wanted to do or where she wanted to be.

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Encouragement

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Man, sometimes it feels like the world is stacked against you. Nothing you do turns out right. All your decisions feel wrong. You’re an outsider not fitting in. You’re out of place. You don’t get the punchline. Sometimes you feel like you are the punchline. You try to own it by saying it is not your day but the truth is you can’t remember ever having a different kind of day. This is it. This is you. This is your life. And the last thing you want to hear is “it’s okay” because you know it’s not okay. So, I’m not going to tell you that.

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Mental Health Awareness Month

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May is Mental Health Awareness month. While I have written a few posts already addressing the importance of maintaining a healthy mental health level, I feel one more will not overpopulate the subject matter. It is important to actually be aware of this issue. I am not an expert of any kind and my opinions should be viewed as that – simply opinions. With that in mind, here we go.

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