Tag Archives: renewal

We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve

Posted on August 23, 2026 by mitchteemley

Photo by Elisabeth Wales “We accept the love we think we deserve” (Stephen Chbosky). Sadly, we are not only prone to accepting the love we think we deserve, but only the love we think we deserve. And it severely limits … Continue reading →

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November

Posted on November 25, 2017 by mitchteemley

The last leaves tremble on the ground as the snow arrives to bury them securing the peace that they have found and daring the world to start again

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Something Wonderfully Wrong

Posted on September 15, 2016 by mitchteemley

I met this girl who loved God and Shakespeare (in that order). She was smart. Creative. And as pretty as English china. Outwardly decorous, inwardly stubborn—Jane Austen meets the Rebel Alliance. I thought I’d found heaven. I had and I hadn’t. … Continue reading →

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