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My Pages, Grief, Fear Abagail Pumphrey My Pages, Grief, Fear Abagail Pumphrey

Hurtling Down a Seven-lane Highway

It’s one thing to have your whole life turned upside down by a single phone call.

It’s another to feel like you’re hurtling down a seven-lane highway at 80 mph, waiting for someone in the backseat to yell out whether the exit is on the left or the right.

I hate waiting.

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My Pages, Editor's Notes, Creativity, Growth, Hope, Identity, Joy Abagail Pumphrey My Pages, Editor's Notes, Creativity, Growth, Hope, Identity, Joy Abagail Pumphrey

A New Beginning

This must be what stepping foot on the moon for the first time feels like. Euphoric. Surreal. A moment so monumental, so extraordinary, that words almost feel unworthy of describing it. If asked to articulate it, I find myself grasping at metaphors, a mere mortal undeserving of such power.

I wish I knew how to bottle this feeling. This rare, intoxicating flow is a high unlike any other (though, full disclosure, my experience in that realm is limited—my wildest trip was an Ambien-induced hallucination, never again).

Nonetheless, I did a thing. I pressed the button. And now it’s real.

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