Oklahoma

New Year's Eve '22 by Rebecca Tillett

I used to spend my New Year’s Eves looking backward. Already missing the year that was fast coming to a close, and moving quietly into my past. I spent much of my life with a complicated relationship to my past and an obliviousness to the future—or just never considering it at best. My dad’s death when I was a teenager rendered me nearly incapable of comprehending it.

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Chasing Butterflies by Rebecca Tillett

Before this girl was born, my husband and I would talk at length about how strange it would be to finally meet her, wondered what she’d look like, who she’d be. When she was a baby we’d marvel at how tiny she was, yet how big her personality, and we’d talk about how strange it would be to imagine her as a child, walking around, talking even. It all seemed so distant & strange and impossible to really comprehend.

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Hermanas Hermosas by Rebecca Tillett

How come the cousin relationship doesn’t get much attention? It’s pretty great and unique actually. You’re friends in that you don’t share parents but family in that you share grandparents. I mean, it’s basically best of both worlds, right?

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OK Winter Wonderland by Rebecca Tillett

Last weekend the Tulsa, OK area got an unusual amount of snow. My family and I just moved from Denver to a 7 acre property about 30 minutes south of Tulsa. This particular piece of land happens to have a small lake (or a big pond) on the property and the sudden and ample snowfall completely transformed this thing into a picturesque scene out of a storybook or painting.

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