<![CDATA[Stories by Caroline Gakii on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@CarolineWriteups?source=rss-3b1439b342f3------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*55a5nhDW4b8WMkf2gDhWew.jpeg Stories by Caroline Gakii on Medium https://medium.com/@CarolineWriteups?source=rss-3b1439b342f3------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 01:04:01 GMT <![CDATA[My 7 Year Old Has Wings. My 2 Year Old Has Opinions.]]>

Children are a beautiful gift. They will also humble you in ways you never expected.

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How calm can you be when the answer you need hasn’t arrived?

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Not everything deserves your heartbreak. Some things, you just learn to live with.

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Against all odds, the universe finally worked in my favor. Here is what happens when your life's narrative changes abruptly.

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I spent months avoiding one hallway. Turns out the universe had other plans.

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The page has been mine all along. I just never called it therapy. It is for every writer.

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Sometimes, the signs we ignore are the ones we need to pay attention to.

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Not much shallow small talk.

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This is the life I didn’t live, and I still wonder about it sometimes.

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Writing outside my house did wonders I wasn’t expecting.

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