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The Time Is Now

The Time Is Now

Marissa Thornberry

Dreams don’t always come true overnight. Sometimes an answered prayer is a slow burn that grows and grows until one day you wake up and realize this is it. This...

The Time Is Now

Marissa Thornberry

Dreams don’t always come true overnight. Sometimes an answered prayer is a slow burn that grows and grows until one day you wake up and realize this is it. This...

While You Were Blooming

While You Were Blooming

Marissa Thornberry

When I was a kid, sitting in the pew next to my grandma, I loved looking at the hymnal. I would watch the little black dots climb and descend as...

While You Were Blooming

Marissa Thornberry

When I was a kid, sitting in the pew next to my grandma, I loved looking at the hymnal. I would watch the little black dots climb and descend as...

Remaining Human

Remaining Human

Marissa Thornberry

The day I took my last final exam of my college career as an English major, I walked out of the building and, perhaps because I had just freed up...

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Remaining Human

Marissa Thornberry

The day I took my last final exam of my college career as an English major, I walked out of the building and, perhaps because I had just freed up...

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The Best Moment of My Gallery Opening

The Best Moment of My Gallery Opening

Marissa Thornberry

It's Friday night, and the show is just getting started. I still have another couple of hours of my gallery opening to go, and my social battery is already feeling...

The Best Moment of My Gallery Opening

Marissa Thornberry

It's Friday night, and the show is just getting started. I still have another couple of hours of my gallery opening to go, and my social battery is already feeling...

When Healing Feels Heavy

When Healing Feels Heavy

Marissa Thornberry

This has been a year of healing and realignment.   I mean that in every way, including physically. I've been going to a chiropractor, and it's incredible what a difference...

When Healing Feels Heavy

Marissa Thornberry

This has been a year of healing and realignment.   I mean that in every way, including physically. I've been going to a chiropractor, and it's incredible what a difference...