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Steven Walden
Steven Walden

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Sep 10

Never forgetting

Saturday night, YouTube recommended a two-hour video for me to watch. It starts with a Good Morning America segment with Matt Lauer interviewing a Howard Hughes biographer that no one will remember when the feed switches to the WNBC local affiliate in three minutes. That’s when we get our first…

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Never forgetting
Never forgetting

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Aug 4

Picture it…

Picture it: St. Louis. 2019. I have a dream about creating larger than life images of The Golden Girls. Four years later, I actually do it. See the post at the top of this image for proof. I originally planned this as a mural but it never launched. So I…

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Picture it…
Picture it…

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Jun 8

Failing Upward

Facebook memories remind me of where I’ve been. The highs as well as the lows. Lows like this one from eight years ago. I dislike how social media emphasizes the highlights. You don’t get to see the ugly parts. It doesn’t feel real. …

Adhd

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Failing Upward
Failing Upward
Adhd

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Feb 14

St. Valentine’s Day

I’ve always hated this day. In or out of relationships, Valentine’s Day has always felt like affection through social contrition, not because it’s a genuine expression of love or care or kindness. You know. Sort of like liking someone’s LinkedIn post. I know it’s cliché to hate on today, how…

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May 15, 2021

2021 Graduation Speech to Hope High School [full text]

Wow. Thank you, Bill for that amazing introduction. It was humbling and too kind. You read it exactly as I wrote it for you. You totally earned that twenty bucks. Just kidding. It was five. Graduates, family members, and staff, it is more than an honor to be part of…

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2021 Graduation Speech to Hope High School [full text]
2021 Graduation Speech to Hope High School [full text]

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Nov 20, 2020

From the Washington Post: “We only have about 70,000 people in St.

From the Washington Post: “We only have about 70,000 people in St. Francois County [MO], but we’ve had more than 900 new cases in the last few weeks. Our positivity rate is 25 percent and rising. The hospital is already at capacity. They’ve basically run out of staff. We can’t…

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Mar 12, 2019

I found out that a friend of mine died today. I’ll call him Doug.

I found out that a friend of mine died today. I’ll call him Doug. Doug wasn’t a friend in the “someone I keep in touch with every day” sense. And not even someone I’d spoken to in years. He was actually a *former* friend, someone I had to take a…

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Steven Walden

Steven Walden

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Cat-obsessed St. Louis therapist-turned-artist specializing in sports, pop culture, & charity. [he/him]

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