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Bridget Cook

making sense of this wild, precious life

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from above

March 29, 2020March 30, 2020 bridgetmcookLeave a comment

have you ever found yourself  watching your own life from above? just the other night i felt my soul grow lighter hovering high over the table filled by every seat with a friend. i felt myself pause, lifted, warmed by the soft light  and shimmering first-few-sips kind of buzz just taking it all in. one [...]

Posted in twenty-somethingTagged friendship, future, hope, twenties

finding a door in the wall of change

June 18, 2019March 30, 2020 bridgetmcookLeave a comment

After gigantic, joyful experiences in life - like a trip I’ve looked forward to all year, or a visit from someone I miss so much it feels like getting a phantom limb back - I’ll find myself sinking down fast into my own personal quicksand hole. It’s a familiar spiral, and it starts the minute [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged anxiety, fear, friendship, future, growth, hope, love, optimism

Laugh-Out-Loud Love

May 10, 2017August 4, 2017 bridgetmcookLeave a comment

I am happy. I come home to my best friends every day, where there’s always music blasting, curling irons heating up and another hilarious story to tell. When I come home to my crappy college apartment, I also come home to stylists, counselors, tutors and sisters. With them, I am so full. I am so [...]

Posted in Love & RelationshipsTagged collge, friendship, future, happiness, hope, love, poems, poetry, relationships

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  • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone | Lori Gottlieb
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