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Joshilyn Jackson

The wold was full of us, the leftovers and the leavers, the bereaved and the broken.

bereaved, broken, leavers

Joshilyn Jackson

I could break things in a thousand ways–anything from surgical dismantling as meticulous as a bomb squad work to wrecking ball style mass destruction. If I broke a thing, it stayed broke. If I broke one of my things, I lived with the pieces, or replaced it.

destruction, devastation, wreckage

Joshilyn Jackson

Oh, honey,” she said, her tone echoing Wattie’s. “I’m not sick. I’m only dying.

Joshilyn Jackson

…the way we ended things was not uncommon for kids like us. She said we’d lost enough in our short lives to want to cauterize our wounds before they happened. We burned our connection closed before we felt the holes.

burned-bridges, loss, wounds

Joshilyn Jackson

I could feel the ghosts of all the girls I’d been behind me in the alleyway, creeping in my wake. I could almost hear my own footsteps as an echo. For a moment it was so real that I spooked myself. I stopped and turned to look. There was only silence and darkness. I walked on.

change, growing-up

Joshilyn Jackson

You picked a man who can read tax code and date a celibate for two years. That’s some serious patience. I have zero doubt in my ability to wait you out. I have zero doubt that you’re meant to be my girl.

dating, faith, humor, sex, soul-mates

Joshilyn Jackson

People sin, Lena. People in love sin a lot. God invented sex. He knows how it works

faith, humor, love, sex

Joshilyn Jackson

…nothing helps a lie float like a hopeful listener.

deception, hope, lies

Joshilyn Jackson

God gave us crying so other folks could see when we needed help, and help us.

cry, crying, god, help

Joshilyn Jackson

…the way we ended things was not uncommon for kids like us. She said we’d lost enough in our short lives to want to cauterize our wounds before they happened. We burned our connection closed before we felt the holes.

burned-bridges, loss, wounds

Joshilyn Jackson

You picked a man who can read tax code and date a celibate for two years. That’s some serious patience. I have zero doubt in my ability to wait you out. I have zero doubt that you’re meant to be my girl.

dating, faith, humor, sex, soul-mates

Joshilyn Jackson

People sin, Lena. People in love sin a lot. God invented sex. He knows how it works

faith, humor, love, sex