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My blog is a first-person look into my life experiences. It includes introspective views of relationships, arguments, heartbreak, and death. Some are funny. Others relive memories. Posts are also uploaded to Facebook.
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“My feet have wandered off without me; I haven't seen the pair of them for years; Do they know I went and left the country? When I call in the night do they hear?”
“Boston?” I ask, breathless. It sounds more like “AwwwwSTIN.” “Excuse me? I can’t understand you,” she says, almost dismissing me, with...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Mar 85 min read
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“One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster; The bars are temples but their pearls ain't free”
Five airports and 30 hours of travel, including 120 minutes of ridiculous rush hour traffic on a Tuesday morning, and here I stand,...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Feb 93 min read
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"God, I wish somebody would've told me when I was younger,That all bodies aren't the same"
Two Lindt-like truffle chocolates. I add their calories to the online counter. I didn’t account for them the night before when I planned...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Feb 82 min read
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"These days are going to fast; These days keep holding me back; These days are going off track; But I can't seem to find a way to my peace of mind"
My fingertips move frantically across the keyboard trying to remember all that has happened over the summer. I race against seconds,...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Sep 14, 20242 min read
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“Like a month to a flame, burned by the fire”
The end. Simple. Plain and without pomp and circumstance. The years of misunderstanding, done. The inflated cruelty, over. But there’s no...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Apr 27, 20243 min read
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“Please stay; I want you, I need you, oh God; Don't take; These beautiful things that I've got.”
“Piece by piece, I fell far from the tree; I will never leave her like you left me; And she will never have to wonder her worth, because...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Apr 7, 20243 min read
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"When you're weary, feeling small, when tears are in your eyes, I'll dry them all, I'm on your side"
All day, I watch the clock with a nervous excitement. As the hours count down, my eyes are drawn to the black digital screen on my wrist...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Mar 30, 20243 min read
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“She's got a smile that heals me; I don't know why it is; But I have to laugh when she reveals me”
This is it, the definition of nirvana. I sit here and stare into her beautiful brown eyes. There’s no where else I want to be. I touch...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Jan 21, 20244 min read
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"On the road again; I just can't wait to get on the road again"
Two days earlier, we were warned of the driving schedule and events that awaited us. Their dire words resembled an omen. We didn’t...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Dec 3, 20235 min read
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"I've traveled all this way for something; Now, take it in but don't look down"
“Ow,” she loudly whimpers. Two bailiffs hold her arms behind her back and snap handcuffs into place. The courtroom remains silent as I...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Dec 2, 20234 min read
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“Like a bridge over troubled water, I will ease your mind”
I stare aimlessly out the window. Children laugh and play behind cinder block walls decorated with colorful numbers, letters, and simple...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Sep 10, 20232 min read
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“The bright blessed day; The dark sacred night; And I think to myself; What a wonderful world”
Years ago, I sat in a sterile dental patient chair in an upscale, suburban Connecticut town as the dentist described the current status...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Sep 10, 20232 min read
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"It's our problem-free philosophy; Hakuna Matata"
Son of a … My eyes blink open. Darkness and the silence of night greet me. Nah, I’m fine. I close my eyes and instantaneously retreat to...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Sep 2, 20233 min read
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"Then she lit up a candle; And she showed me the way"
Is this really it? Or, is this how we die? We approach the hotel. The two-lane main road is dark, quiet, and slick with recent rains. A...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Aug 13, 20234 min read
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"Pressure; Pushing down on me"
He tries to direct me, finagling an old-fashioned paper map with limited information. It’s meant for tourists in downtown, not foreigners...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Jul 16, 20234 min read
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“Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games; We got everything you want, honey, we know the names”
The room is overwhelmingly bright, plain, and exceptionally grand in size. Modern white counters lighted in the branding colors of...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Jul 16, 20235 min read
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“Since you been gone, I can breathe for the first time. I'm so moving on, yeah, yeah."
I feel like a used sponge walking in the humidity of a New England summer day. My eyebrows fail me as sweat beads drop from my forehead...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Jul 15, 20232 min read
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“Every time you come around, you know I can't say no"
Metal spatulas clap against the flat stainless-steel surface. Forks clank against the red plastic plates. Children cry. Hushed...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Jun 25, 20234 min read
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“I'm unstoppable; I'm a Porsche with no brakes”
Opening the desk drawer, the task seems simple enough: grab the newest checkbook, pay the medical bill. Except, it’s not where I expect...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Apr 23, 20235 min read
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“You’ve got opinions, man, we’re all entitled to them, but I never asked”
I sit in an arm chair in the exquisite, yet understated, formal living room of an inn. My attention is focused on the stemless glass of...
Brandice J. O'Brien
Mar 12, 20234 min read
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