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Bridget Cook

making sense of this wild, precious life

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a million tiny choices later

August 30, 2019 bridgetmcookLeave a comment

i supposethat if we hadn't met the way we didthanks to the chances& million tiny choices made along the waywe'd be strangers and perhaps we'd sitbeside each other on a busor reach for the same zucchini at the groceryand draw back, meet eyes,polite, withdrawn, sheepish with no way of knowinghow 999,999 snap judgments agowe missed [...]

Posted in poetryTagged chances, fate, friendship, love, poetry

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

Making Space

November 25, 2017November 26, 2017 bridgetmcookLeave a comment

At thirteen, I sat on the front steps of the only place I'd ever called home and closed my eyes. I curled my fingers around the sides of the stone steps, inhaled the scent of the blooming rhododendrons in the yard and hoped more than anything that I could stay. I turned to face the house - [...]

Posted in CollegeTagged college, friends, gratitude, love, moving, moving on, roommates

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

I Don’t Have a Soul Mate

December 30, 2015August 4, 2017 bridgetmcookLeave a comment

Thank you for collecting handfuls of sea glass and eating dark chocolate on the beach. For making long drives home from school feel like a party instead of a chore. For making my cheeks hurt from laughing too hard. For dancing like no one was watching.

Posted in Love & RelationshipsTagged adventure, friendship, gratitude, love, soul mates

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