the breath of Thursday

𝑻𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔?? 𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒-𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒-𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟.

My grandfather convinced me I could accomplish more than I could imagine on a scorching Georgia July 𝑻𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚. It was our last conversation. I came home to North Carolina and he passed two months later before the leaves even fell. ⠀⠀

𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡-that 𝑻𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 had been where I learned what it looked like for…

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