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From the nebula, she pulled anecdotes of wedding rings dropped down sink drains and all kinds of frantic efforts to retrieve them. She felt none of that urgency as she continued scrubbing her face with a tube of ground peach pits bought the week before from the dollar store.
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Don't scrub too hard, sometimes that causes more damage than a gentle cleaning followed by a soft-pat dry.
--lao tzu
Erica, I'm intrigued...
Hang in there, Erica!
There are times when it's really, really good to be a man.
Ha! I love that comment, James, you have no idea.
Erica, I know exactly what peach stuff you reference. I can relate to this piece: dollar store beauty purchases pretty much sum up my past. Thanks for the nostalgia :)