fitting in
Life is an ongoing sequence of attempts to make things fit. We try to fit in with multiple kinds of people, places and things, hoping for...
Ilan Cooley
- Oct 3
- 2 min
love yourself first
We are told to put on our own oxygen mask before helping others in case of an emergency. It is a logical step, but is hard to remember in...
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Ilan Cooley
- Sep 19
- 2 min
outside the lines
When we are little we colour outside the lines. Life is abstract, so we splash colour everywhere, never considering what the rules are....
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Ilan Cooley
- Aug 29
- 1 min
to-get-her
Just think of the distance, from here, to there. It’s simply a space, filled with matter, and air. It may not be much, or seem much, if...
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Ilan Cooley
- May 30
- 1 min
unapologetically me
The wind whispers, “come with me.” I dash off to dance like a prairie fire. Creative sparks feed the flames. Imagination runs wild. Free....
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Ilan Cooley
- Mar 2
- 3 min
heart strings
Are they the ties that bind us to each other? Do they keep us tethered to life, until they release us into the hereafter? I have...
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Ilan Cooley
- Jan 14
- 1 min
butterfly wings
I’m a wild girl with fast feet in waist high grass that hisses as it bends. The brisk breeze catapults the crafty creature I am chasing,...
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Ilan Cooley
- Jan 14
- 1 min
pass creek
Tears sprung from my eyes and streamed down my cheeks like the water cascading over the rainbow rocks in the pictures I’d just purchased....
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Ilan Cooley
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
the golden rule
“I told you that I love you, right?” It was more of a mental check mark on his final to do list than a question. My grandpa and me 1972...
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Ilan Cooley
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
you don’t know what you don’t know
As I set out on my daily walk near my new home in Calgary, I pause to look into the distance, and see the range of Rocky Mountains that...
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