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Based in NYC, Arden T. Ly explores the musings of the mundane, the fascinating, and everything in between.

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Feb 3
Feb 3 Making the Bed

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The comforting scent of laundry now wafts around my tiny studio apartment.

Feb 1
Feb 1 I Just Wanted to Hold Your Hand

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You interlaced the fingers of your life with a hand that wasn’t mine.

Feb 1
Feb 1 Somewhere Only We Know

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“Ah, a place of our own,” I thought. “This is a space where I feel safe.”

Jan 25
Jan 25 Advice I Wish I Gave My Younger Self

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“Hindsight is 20/20.”

Jan 24
Jan 24 In Case You Think You Need Closure

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In case you think you need closure, consider this instead: What you think might be closure is just another pretty ideal in your head.

Jan 15
Jan 15 Forgetting to Forget

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And you’ll lie there, and you’ll lie to yourself.

Jan 12
Jan 12 Sticks and Stones Will Break Your Bones and Words Will F*ck You Up Too

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But as the saying goes, “Actions speak louder than words,” and now your words are mere whispers from the past.

Jan 10
Jan 10 A Kind Heart

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It’s you. My legs remain on the floor, but my soul jumps.

Jan 9
Jan 9 This Is How You Move On

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Take your story back. Write yourself a new one that leads to a very different end.

Jan 7
Jan 7 I Wish to Write You Out of Me

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I'd crumple up the inked paper, tear it into confetti, and celebrate the end of six years.

Jan 6
Jan 6 One Sentence for Every Year of the Past Decade

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2010: I moved to New York.

Jan 4
Jan 4 Once Upon a Time There Was a Princess and a Friend Charming

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My dearest Friend Charming, I’ve told you this before. But when I met you, I thought you were charming. Too charming. “Are you just another Prince Charming? Eager to add to your extensive list of spared princesses and damsels in distress?”

Dec 26
Dec 26 An Initial Spark

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When I was a little girl, I asked my parents if their eyes turned to hearts when they met each other.

Dec 25
Dec 25 Love in 2019

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Love is not mere passion. Love is not always romantic.

Dec 13
Dec 13 I'll Have the Kennedy Package Please

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This is above and beyond open bar.

Dec 9
Dec 9 Every Single F*cking Love Story in 21 Steps

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Get comfortable. Fight. Make up.

Dec 5
Dec 5 A Familiar Stranger

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It’s too far away for you to tell if this person is walking towards you or away from you. You continue to walk.

Dec 3
Dec 3 Thank You for Everything

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Thank you for the heartbreak. I learned that I can rebuild myself without you.

Nov 26
Nov 26 I've Been Thinkin' 'Bout You, You Know, Know, Know

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I really did care for you deeply and love you.

Nov 21
Nov 21 Reframing the Picture Perfect Disney Dream

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“Your prince charming will arrive, save the day, and complete you in ways you always thought were missing before you met him.”

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Love always,
Arden T. Ly

 

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