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stay awake with me {the story of a broken heart & the open road}

stay awake with me {the story of a broken heart & the open road}

by Jeanette LeBlanc | | Love Letters + Permission

{some stories write themselves. in a rush, fingers and thoughts and words tumbling over one another almost faster than you can capture. some stories are stubborn, held tight, refusing to come to light no matter how hard you push. still others come easy, like water...
holding up your heart under the wide open moon.

holding up your heart under the wide open moon.

by Jeanette LeBlanc | | Love Letters + Permission

  “When my heart feels so much, I need you to help it. You are the one who knows hearts. “ “I don’t know that I know hearts. I just believe in them. “ We are on the freeway, spinning toward home under a wide-open moon.   A plane is coming in, fast and low. This...
Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.

by Jeanette LeBlanc | | Love Letters + Permission

You, lover, are so very beautiful. I know you don’t think so. I know you stand each morning, lift your face to the mirror and wage silent war on the skin and bones that hold you in this life. I know you do because I do too. But you are beautiful. You are beautiful...
embers of grace and grit {a love letter for driftwood hearts}

embers of grace and grit {a love letter for driftwood hearts}

by Jeanette LeBlanc | | Love Letters + Permission

Dear you. I know you. I know you wear your heart on your sleeve.  I know that heart is pieced together from soft driftwood and tattered suitcases and old skeleton keys and the shards of pottery you’ve tucked in your pockets from all the things you’ve seen...
all the proof i will ever need.

all the proof i will ever need.

by Jeanette LeBlanc | | Love Letters + Permission, Poetry + Verse

{for Monique and her beloved James, on the day of their wedding} [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/128517229″ params=”color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true” width=”100%” height=”166″...
And Still. Always. Again, You Rise.

And Still. Always. Again, You Rise.

by Jeanette LeBlanc | | Love Letters + Permission

We don’t, not any of us, get to this point clean. We’re all dirty and ragged. Rough edges and sharp corners. Fault lines and demolition zones. We’ve got tear gas riot squads aiming straight for the protest lines of our weary souls. Landmines in our chests that we trip...
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