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		<description>The original writings of author Ashley</description>
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			<title>Divine Understanding</title>
			<description>thereis so much that i haven&amp;rsquo;t told you, yet solittle that you don&amp;rsquo;t know.countlesswords unspoken, yet mythoughts are realized through knowing glances.youread my eyes, rather than my lipsand youknow my most precious thoughtsbefore ihave even had the ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/alilland/785350/</link>
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			<title>inside</title>
			<description>insidethereis an insecure teenage girldesperatelyseeking your approval.outsidethereis a sophisticated womanwhodoes not need the affirmations.perhapsthemost frustrating thingis thatwhen you look at meyou seeboth.the linesblur when you look,..</description>
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			<title>The Wife</title>
			<description>as you sleep next to me,i know what forever looks like.as you kiss my hand,i feel what it means to besafe.as you hold your son,i understand unconditionallove.as you promise me your life andyour love,i become the woman&amp;nbsp; that i&amp;rsquo;ve always wanted to be.</description>
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			<title>Home</title>
			<description>yourtouch, strongand gentleis the mostcomforting that ihave ever known.yourwords,softand reassuringare themost honestthat ihave ever heard.yoursmile, brightand genuineis theclosest to homethat ihave ever felt. yoursare the..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/alilland/714275/</link>
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			<title>Prince Charming</title>
			<description>ialways loved fairytalesand ialways believed them to be true.i knewthat princes were realand thatone day, one would find me.itrusted in loveand theidea of happily ever after.but inever believedthatsomeone as wonderful as youcouldexist outside of ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/alilland/710108/</link>
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			<title>I Know</title>
			<description>i havenever been content with answersthatseemingly answer nothing.atleast with any certainty but &amp;ldquo;you&amp;rsquo;lljust know&amp;rdquo;myfather would tell mewhen iwould ask how i would recognize my prince.&amp;ldquo;you&amp;rsquo;lljust know&amp;rdquo;mymother wo..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/alilland/704228/</link>
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			<title>My Gift</title>
			<description>it&amp;rsquo;sbeen a long timesince iallowed the term girlfriendto bepart of my identity.i wasbusybuildingmy own&amp;nbsp; lifeandprotecting my heart.it&amp;rsquo;sbeen a long timesince ientertained the idea of a boyfriendas apart of my life.i wasbusy..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/alilland/701361/</link>
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			<title>Pink Roses</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Pink roses, terribly clich&amp;eacute; I know, yet I was raised theproduct of fairytales and princesses.&amp;nbsp; Beautifulprincesses with hearts full of love, just waiting for someone to unlock all theirpotential.&amp;nbsp; They were s..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/alilland/700208/</link>
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			<title>Tasting Hope</title>
			<description>coping with loss
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			<title>New</title>
			<description>thesparkling smilethenervous laughtheglitter in your eyes,thepink rosesthechivalrous way you movethedesire to make me happymayseem like nothing to youbuttheyare everything to me.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/alilland/697963/</link>
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			<title>MissUnderstanding</title>
			<description>i nevercould make sense of our first meeting.yourdrunken kiss,the boyishgrin.youwere a manwith acompletely incomplete life.i was agirltryingto begin a life completely my own.youtold me i understood youshedidn&amp;rsquo;t.but inthe end, i didn&amp;r..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/alilland/697323/</link>
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			<title>The Other Me</title>
			<description>whatwas it that you were looking for?haveyou found it yet?youfound me but i wasn&amp;rsquo;t enough.i triedso hard to be the womanyouthought you wanted. thewoman that i thought i wanted to be butat 18 ijust didn&amp;rsquo;t know how.a manof your age should have ..</description>
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			<title>Write What You Know</title>
			<description>theysay to write what you knowwhat ifyou no longer know anything?thethings once held so sure, the black and the whiteallmorphed to gray?what doyou write then? if youknow nothing, are certain of nothing.&amp;nbsp;and you live in shades of graydo you stillhave..</description>
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			<title>One Night</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Her eyes flutter as the sun begins to seep through thecurtains.&amp;nbsp; She looks to her right side,smiling.&amp;nbsp; She rubs her eyes, clearing thesleepy haze.&amp;nbsp; He is there, next toher.&amp;nbsp; This- this is the moment she ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/alilland/696845/</link>
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			<title>Sleeping With the Enemy</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You&amp;rsquo;re staring at me.&amp;nbsp; Intensely.&amp;nbsp;I bow my head, my eyes reluctant to meet yours.&amp;nbsp; What can I possibly tell you that hasn&amp;rsquo;talready been said?&amp;nbsp; You know all ofme.&amp;nbsp; With my chin to my chest, I c..</description>
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