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Tanja Battle
- Jun 17, 2019
- 2 min
A Girl and Her Teddy Bear
I was twenty-two and into the third week of my first job after college. My supervisor was convinced I was able to start seeing people on...
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Tanja Battle
- Jan 5, 2019
- 3 min
And Just Like That, It's 2019!
I gave up New Year's resolutions years ago. I, like most people, seem to be horrible at sticking to these attempts to alter life as I...
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Tanja Battle
- Dec 25, 2018
- 3 min
Christmas Triggers and Sacred Moments
What is Christmas without an emotional meltdown triggered by something seemingly innocuous? I won't say the holidays are necessarily hard...
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Tanja Battle
- Dec 18, 2018
- 3 min
The Blissful Now
There's a moment, at the start of each day, in which everything is right with the world. There exists in it no pain from the past and no...
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Tanja Battle
- Dec 11, 2018
- 3 min
In the Airport, We Stood.
Love is an interesting thing. Particularly, romantic love. It comes and goes, often in the most unexpected ways. It's easy and...
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Tanja Battle
- Dec 7, 2018
- 4 min
From My Door to Theirs
83,616 miles. Over the span of six years, that's how far I would travel from my front door to theirs. They were my parents and these six...
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Tanja Battle
- Dec 1, 2018
- 2 min
Namaste, y'all.
Most often, when inspired to write, it's as a result of a moment in which the need to express myself has an urgency that requires...
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Tanja Battle
- Dec 1, 2018
- 4 min
The scariest of days.
Always listen to your gut. Always. A little over a year ago, I met a man on the Atlanta Beltline. I was attending a community service...
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Tanja Battle
- Dec 1, 2018
- 4 min
Every woman I know has a story.
Dear Survivor: I know about the day you plopped your playful, 9-year-old body into the overstuffed living room chair, dangling both of...
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Tanja Battle
- Dec 1, 2018
- 4 min
Race. It's not black and white.
I am not white and I am not black. I've never felt the need to declare such before but, I wanted to share how things have shifted for me....
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Tanja Battle
- Dec 1, 2018
- 1 min
Now You Can Blog from Everywhere!
We’ve made it quick and convenient for you to manage your blog from anywhere. In this blog post we’ll share the ways you can post to your...
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