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Jessica Natasha Lawrence

Jessica Natasha Lawrence

In the Home Office, Distracted

A short, free verse poem

1 min readMar 27, 2024

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Photograph of the sun shining through bare tree branches in a polaroid frame. There’s a paperclip with a heart shape in one corner of the image and a pencil in the other corner

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Jessica Natasha Lawrence

Some Good Things Might Still Happen

This is the hope I can offer when I can’t promise anything will be okay

3 min readJan 18, 2024

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A Happy New Year banner resting on a table admist a leafy vine

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Jessica Natasha Lawrence

Your Writing is Irreplaceable

Artificial Intelligence can’t offer the same hope you can

2 min readNov 7, 2023

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Your Writing is Irreplaceable

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Jessica Natasha Lawrence

A Blessing for When You’re Merely Surviving

Gentle words for when simply getting through the day is an accomplishment

2 min readSep 9, 2023

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Branches of pink flowers dripping with rain

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Jessica Natasha Lawrence

Late Night Thoughts on Love

You don’t need to be happy, healed, confident, or free of confusion to love and be loved…

5 min readJun 30, 2023

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Late Night Thoughts on Love

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Jessica Natasha Lawrence

Ordinary Life

A poem about the beautiful mundanity of existence

2 min readApr 26, 2023

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Sun shining through the trees along a stone path in the park

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Jessica Natasha Lawrence

This Is What It’s Been Like

But I need it to be more than this

10 min readMar 14, 2023

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Artistically blurred image of a window with the curtains pulled back

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Jessica Natasha Lawrence

Love and Burdens

What if it’s not your job to prevent the unpreventable pain of loving you?

4 min readFeb 24, 2023

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A branch of blooming cherry blossoms against a plain black background

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Jessica Natasha Lawrence

Three Cheers for the Losing Team

Some gentle thoughts for those of us who have not been made stronger by our challenges

3 min readJan 29, 2023

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Three Cheers for the Losing Team

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Jessica Natasha Lawrence

Some Thoughts on People and Poetry

How a writing collaboration reminded me that I am not always better off alone

3 min readDec 11, 2022

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A grey notebook and pen, and a large, blooming red rose resting on its side, all sit against a grey-ish white background.

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Jessica Natasha Lawrence

Jessica Natasha Lawrence

Jessica Natasha Lawrence writes reflections on chronic illness, realistic hope, and the beauty and trials of ordinary life.

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