Meli Journals

I'm Meli. These are the journal entries I'm proudest of.

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It feels like the last page of The Giving Tree in my heart right now.

July 2014.

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What is a dad? You. You is a dad.

June 2014.

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...he seems less like a baby and more like a small, bashful, smugly adorable person with intentions.

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#myclementineshavehashtags #pleaseadvise

March 2014.

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The left hand of a right-handed bookstore clerk nine days before Christmas.

December 2013.

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Gluttony was my sin of the day today. I ate a LOT of cereal.

October 2013.

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It would be nice if for once I could find that center sweet spot. Someday?

August 2013.

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...a good cup of tea and a good setup can be like a little miniature home when you’re traveling...

May 2013.

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Today was rainy, but it was my day to walk to work, so I did. Good thing, too, because otherwise I wouldn’t have seen the turkeys.

March 2013.

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Tiny journal! This journal, when closed, is slightly larger than an Oreo. March 2012.

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EVERY SECOND OF YOUR LIFE IS A CONSCIOUS CHOICE OF WHAT TO THINK ABOUT.*

*not sure whether I agree, but it’s an interesting idea

My journal entry about seeing John and Hank Green on book tour for The Fault in Our Stars. January 2012. 

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I figure if anyone asks me about it I’ll say half-sarcastically that I want to prove to myself that love IS worth waiting for or some shit, but really I won’t be sarcastic at all.

September 2011.

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Hamburgers with ketchup only are a complicated concept to understand, worldwide.

August 2011.

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“When I’m big, cuando tengo cinco años.”

July 2011.

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I experienced a fleeting but intense true love with this guy I met in Switzerland and made a plan to find him on Facebook based on the three facts I knew about him. It didn’t work, but I met the man who would become my husband less than a month after this.

July 2011.

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If heaven isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, just send me back to Gimmelwald!

July 2011.

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My mom and I visit Platform 9 and three quarters. We had to ask a train station employee where it was, and he kindly pointed us in the right direction. Then we went to the British Library and I saw the manuscript for Jane Eyre and wept.

July 2011.