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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic Why do you love yourself? 10 months, 1 weeks ago
Thank you so much! There have been points of life where finding that power was necessary to survive, and I had to learn to love myself in the process.
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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic Why do you love yourself? 10 months, 3 weeks ago
I just started tearing up reading this! Thank you so much for your kind words and acknowledgement! I feel so seen and I’m glad my words can resonate ❤️
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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic Write a letter or poem to yourself about what you love about this chapter of your life 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Thank you for writing this. It makes me look forward to my thirties! I’ll be 27 in April, so I’m only just a bit behind you.
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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic Write a letter or poem to yourself about what you love about this chapter of your life 10 months, 3 weeks ago
your writing is so pretty!
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That is so sweet thank you!:)
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Write a letter or poem to yourself about what you love about this chapter of your life 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Chapter 26 comes to a close
It’s March. Spring is starting to peek through the clouds.
I’m trying to move slow. I’m trying to be easy.
I’m working hard just to breathe.
I’m pining for control over my own body,
My autonomy feels out of reach.I am reminded how I felt at sixteen, when I made the choice to starve.
Then I am reminded of the Palestinian children and men and women,
Dark eyes pleading while they wither away,
Bombs reflected back into our view.
I am humbled.I am not the same as I once was.
Gratitude exists, albeit forced at times.
Growth and healing is an active choice.
I let myself transform.Voting is closed
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Aww Maggie, I am sorry to hear that you struggled with eating issues as a teen (I did as well). But it sounds like you are in the midst of healing and feeling healthier and stronger in every sense. I am not sure how old you are, but I got significantly better – dare I say all better in my mid-20s (around 26). A new environment and just writing…read more
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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic What is your ”perfect day?” 11 months ago
This was an exhilarating read! I agree with Keyjah about how raw and open it is. Thank for you writing this!
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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic What is your ”perfect day?” 11 months ago
I’m obsessed with your writing style. This is such a wonderful reminder to appreciate the little things.
Also: i, too, wish that Netflix hadn’t cancelled the OA.Subscribe  or  log in to reply
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Thank you so much. I cannot actually express how mad I am about the OA. I did it in such a calm and casual way in this piece but honestly, once a week I remember they cancelled it and I have to make myself a cup of tea and go listen to the birds. Such a cliffhanger. Netflix are savages.
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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic What is your ”perfect day?” 11 months ago
This poem is so full of love! Thank you for writing this, it’s beautifully done!
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Thank you! He really makes my days so full of love…grandbabies are the best! ❤️
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This is absolutely beautiful! The abundance in love that pours out of this piece is astounding!
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Thank you! I’m hoping to be able to one-off print him a chap book of poems he’s inspired so he’ll always remember how much I loved him when I’m gone. I’m not dying, though, don’t worry! 😊
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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic What is your ”perfect day?” 11 months ago
This is so soothing! Sounds like a wonderful day. Thank you for painting this picture for us!
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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic What is your ”perfect day?” 11 months ago
Thank you so much for your kind words! I plan to cherish every second ❤️
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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic What is your ”perfect day?” 11 months, 2 weeks ago
this is wonderfully done! very clever to use the prompt to discuss the struggles of being a woman
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What is your ”perfect day?” 11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Perfect Day
My love and I wake in a new city.
Maybe a new country.Either continental or café,
We enjoy a breakfast with good coffee
and pastries.
The chocolatiest of croissants,
The softest of scones,
and the warmest of waffles.Then, we go for a walk.
We take our time to inhale the fresh air and
absorb the new city’s noises and
admire its unique architecture.Our walk ends at a bookstore.
As we wander the shop’s aisles,
the bookstack we carry grows and grows and grows!
My love says, “Yes, of course we can buy them all.”
(We are not worried about the logistics of getting the books home.)
Once the stack is so high that
we can’t see over it,
we buy them all.On our walk back to wherever-we’re-staying,
we make a pit-stop for takeout.
Most likely Chinese food, but
could be Korean or Indian or poke, too.Next, but before dinner, is a warm shower.
Rich instrumental music with dissonant harmonies
and bubbly shampoo.
Fragrance-free body lotion and French skincare,
Followed by the baggiest of sweatpants and
an oversized tee.Now all squeaky clean, my love and I eat dinner
over a grand adventure on a screen.
All snuggled,
we fall asleep before the credits roll.Voting is closed
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Maggie your letter beautifully describes a perfect day in a new city with your loved one. The breakfast, bookstore visit, and cozy evening sound delightful. Cherish these moments together.
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Thank you so much for your kind words! I plan to cherish every second ❤️
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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic Write a letter or poem about your favorite day of 2023 1 years ago
Thank you, Lauren! I couldn’t pick just one favorite thing from 2023!
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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic Poetry 1 years ago
This was so fun to read! My ADHD brain really appreciates the changes in pacing throughout the work.
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Thank you so much, that is exactly what I was going for with this poem: fun, engaging, nostalgic.
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Why do you love yourself? 1 years ago
VIII. Strength
I was eighteen in my public speaking class, introducing myself as a lioness with a shake in my throat.
She reminded me of my own strength when I needed her most:
When I was dissociating away from my high school relationship,
And dissociating into the arms of an abusive one.
When with ferocious presence I left, and I rebuilt.When Roe v. Wade overturned and I’m on the phone with a man
He rants about how many women must be so angry,
But doesn’t hear how it made me feel.
When he tells me I’m just like my mother like that’s a bad thing,
With the lioness by my side, I left, and I rebuilt.With the flesh of my former self between my teeth,
I destroyed and built again.
With the pain of my foremothers suffocated under my paws,
I destroyed and built again.
With screams and aches and roars I didn’t know I had buried,
I destroyed and built again and destroyed and built again.The blood of self-love drips from my jaw.
The lioness and I are side by side and we are one.
We have found safety at last.Voting is closed
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Maggie, your letter is incredibly powerful and inspiring. It beautifully captures the journey of resilience and self-discovery. Your metaphor of the lioness showcases your strength and determination to rebuild. Your words evoke raw emotions and leave a lasting impact.
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I just started tearing up reading this! Thank you so much for your kind words and acknowledgement! I feel so seen and I’m glad my words can resonate ❤️
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Maggie, I love how I can picture this story as I am reading. You sound so strong and like you know who you are and how you feel and what you want. That’s a powerful way to go through life. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for being part of our family. <3 Lauren
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Thank you so much! There have been points of life where finding that power was necessary to survive, and I had to learn to love myself in the process.
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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic Health, Wellness and Chronic Conditions 1 years ago
Thank you for sharing this – I also have Graves’ though I was just diagnosed in December 2023. I’m sorry that this is something we’ve both been through, and thank you for voicing why advocacy is so important!
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Write a letter or poem about your favorite day of 2023 1 years, 2 months ago
The Best Day
The best day is a slow day at work. The best day is the day that the sun is shining, but it’s not too hot outside. The best day is the first day the temperature drops in September. The best day is the day I can give my baby a kiss. The best day is the day I belly laugh with my best friends until my cheeks hurt. The best day is the day I give my mom a hug. The best day is the day I am loving and kind on purpose. The best day is the day without anxiety; the day I can breathe through it. The best day is the day I start a new book. The best day is the day I finish my new favorite book. The best day is the day I start knitting, and every day I get to since. The best day is the day I get to go on adventures with the people I love. The best day is going to the Atlanta Zoo with my oldest sister and our partners. The best day is that same day, at the zoo, when a lion made eye contact with me (I swear it’s true!). The best day is in Boston, watching the second oldest sister graduate from Harvard. The best day is reconnecting with extended family for the first time in a decade in Boston. The best day is the day I went to the Hozier concert, and I was physically connected to the music and the message more than ever before and everyone in the audience was crying and it was beautiful. The best day is the day I realized my chronic illness is teaching me how to stop and rest. The best day is the day my cat decides he wants to snuggle in my lap before bed. The best day is therapy day! The best day is the day I realized I am healing; my hard work is paying off. The best day is the day I let myself cry in front of someone else. The best day is the day I realize I’m as smart as I think I am and, yes, I can prove it to you. The best day is the day I decide to be brave. The best day is the day I do the brave thing.
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Maggie! This is wonderful. I love the zoo too 🙂 And congrats to your sister graduating from Harvard. This piece is a true reminder of the fact that there are so many wonderful moments and days in life. Thank you for sharing. And by the way, you are definitely brilliant and brave! <3 Lauren
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Thank you, Lauren! I couldn’t pick just one favorite thing from 2023!
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Maggie Faye responded to a letter in topic Mental Health 1 years, 2 months ago
Thank you so much for your kind words and the recognition! I can’t wait to see the newsletter!
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Write a poem about what you are grateful for in your life 1 years, 2 months ago
I am grateful for blue skies
I’m grateful for blue skies, warm sunshine, and a breeze that kisses the nose.
I’m grateful for green grasses and rushing creeks and bare feet.
I’m grateful for friends and lovers that grab you by the hand and dance with you.
I’m grateful for their consistent reminders, “You’re safe here. I love you.”
I’m grateful for the forehead kisses my love gives me,
And that he bends down to let me kiss his forehead right back.
I’m grateful for the safety of my home, and I’m grateful for a newcomer’s compliments,
“It looks like a gallery in here!” Thank you, the art is my favorite, too.
I’m grateful, especially, for the rabbit posed in play, a floppy handstand,
That’s been in our home longer than my memories. It’s one of my first ones.
I’m grateful for the way the sun shines into my mother’s bedroom just before sunset in spring.
It bathes the house in gold and it’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.
I’m grateful for the drums that echo in my chest at the concert in Alpharetta,
And the music that reverberates in my bones. I’m grateful to have a body that feels the music.
It’s exhilarating and soothing, an ecstasy I don’t need to swallow.
I’m grateful for cats with soft fur and who love love love ear scratches.
I’m grateful to my body and my brain for giving me the gift of sensation.
Even when it’s too much, or not enough, I’m grateful to be present to feel.Voting is closed
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Aww this is beautiful. It sounds like you have a very kind and affectionate partner. You are so very lucky for that. You really have a wonderful ability to recognize and appreciate what really matters in life. Thank you for sharing and thank you for being part of The Unsealed family. <3 Lauren
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Maggie Faye shared a letter in the
Mental Health group 1 years, 2 months ago
I wanted to be Hozier
I was in awe of the whimsies and romance.
I yearned for my art to comfort and soothe;
For my art to hold the listener’s hearthurt the way my hearthurt was held,
For my art to share imagery with songs of love,
To create beauty in death as he created it.I wanted to be Hozier, but I have to be Poe, first.
I have to walk through my Inferno to reach such actualization.
My shadow still screams. Still cries.
Pieces of my younger self scattered in nine circles.I have to talk to her and make peace with her.
I have to parent her.
I have to hold her.
I have to become one with her once more.I will blood, guts, and gore my way through,
Just as the horrors led my way in.
The girl that wants to scream will scream and
Embrace the gross and the weird and the upset.I will not become my own betrayer, no. So,
I am no longer my own betrayer, mine own Nth circle.
Treachery at mine own hands, no more.Subscribe  or  log in to reply
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Maggie, This is really powerful. I love this part: I have to talk to her and make peace with her.
I have to parent her.
I have to hold her.
I have to become one with her once more.Keep fighting for yourself and your happiness. Also, this piece was selected to be included in our newsletter today! Keep on the lookout for it! <3 Lauren
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Thank you so much for your kind words and the recognition! I can’t wait to see the newsletter!
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