Miranda Kate

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  • Being at peace right where you are

    I think we probably all have dreams. At least I hope we all do. Dreaming is an integral part of our humanity, as far as I can tell. In fact I think it’s one of our strongest assets. I don’t think we would have accomplished half the things we have as a race if we…

  • Year 23 (things I learned)

    Friday (Pearl Habour Day) I turned 24. Not sure if I’m ready to be in my mid-twenties…on the other hand I feel as though I’m finally aging into my personality; ‘born middle-aged,’ this one. Plus my sister says I dress like a 70-year-old detective…or like a detective from the seventies (can’t recall which). So I’m…

  • An attitude of gratitude

    How different things are now. To be independent – at least to the extent a human can be. I’m no longer looking to someone else, for money, security – of any kind… I used to be unable to stand a second alone, now I find myself craving time away from others. My anxious thoughts are…

  • Dear divorce

    Dear divorce, Thanks to you, I learned nothing on earth lasts as long as it should. Dear divorce, You spread the heinous lie that ‘happiness’ is on the other side of leaving, that it’s the only answer You convinced them that ‘children are resilient;’ after all, we ‘want you to be happy.’ Dear divorce, You…

  • The new chapter

    This isn’t what I wanted. I don’t mean that in a boo-hoo-poor-Miranda kind of way, it’s really more just a matter of fact. This isn’t what I wanted. When I was dreaming and wondering and planning what my life would be like, this was not it. I never imagined I would move to the Midwest…

  • The truth about control and love

    I tried to control him Boy did I try It did not work out (clearly) But not for lack of trying. If you’ve ever been in the hair products section of a Wal-Mart or Target, you’ll get an idea of how much women love control. We want it, we need it, we thrive on it.…

  • I’m not ready for marriage, but I’m doing it anyway – a man’s perspective.

    Last week I proposed to my girlfriend and, amazingly enough, she said yes. If you knew me, you would know that is nothing short of a miracle. As I began to share the news with family and friends, a trend developed among my male cohorts. Their response took some form or another of the sentence,…

  • The comeback kid

    My mom loves to remind me of the day I learned to ride a bike. There was a big hula balloo because the Rodriguez siblings had gotten new bikes! Oh, happy day! My new bike was sans training wheels which only added to my excitement. Unfortunately, as six-year-old Miranda soon realized, learning to ride a…

  • A good man is hard to find?

    You may recognize this title as one of Flannery O’Connor’s most famous short stories. I read it for the first time in my AP literature class in high school and being sixteen and more interested in boys, didn’t think too much about it. This fall I read it again and was a lot more taken…

  • My kind of broken

    Kelly Clarkson has this song called ‘Dark Side’ that I really love. It’s not as well known as some of her other hits but I think it has a lot of truth to it. The gist of the song is that we all have a ‘dark side’ and she wonders if we can be loved…