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    Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “refuge, imagination, pain management, story telling, motherhood, parenting”

    The Island of the Rainbow Giraffes

    Ally Earnest June 9, 2021 essays

    By Ally Earnest. In the dark nights when the monster of pain came and grabbed her, I would grab her back and jump in our dhow and head for the Island, it was the only refuge we had.

    refuge, imagination, pain management, story telling, motherhood, parenting

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