Ruby Cribby
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"Ma Petite Chouette"
I’ve never been much of a sleeper. Even as a child I never slept through the night. Despite my mother's best effort, she was unable to attain a “normal” sleep schedule with me. My mother used to call me her “petite chouette.” It means “little owl” in English, but I preferred the way her French tongue clung to those two words. She’d make up little French lullabies to try and rock me to sleep, eventually she’d nod off and I’d remain peacefully awake in her arms.
By Ruby Cribby4 years ago in Confessions
So now what?
In 2014 I wrote a list of “New Year’s Resolutions.” I was young then, still am now, so these things, they were silly. But regardless it was a list. A list, which felt like a step in the direction of being better, of accountability, of transformation, or at least the hope of ...
By Ruby Cribby5 years ago in Motivation
