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Maj-le Tate Bridges

Maj-le Tate Bridges

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Feb 13

Memento Mori and the Afterlife of Our Possessions

On family heirlooms, emotional attachment, and why our belongings may not matter as much as the stories inside them

Junk at a garage sale

Maj-le Tate Bridges

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Feb 6

When Drew Brees Made the Hall of Fame, I Thought of My Grandmother

On football, inheritance, and believing before the world does

Seven football helmets lined up on the ground next to the 50 yard-line.

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Jan 29

I Came for the Spa But My Achilles Had Other Plans

Rupture, listening and learning to slow down

The side view of a foot showing the bones, muscles and the strongest tendon of all — the Achilles.

Maj-le Tate Bridges

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Dec 21, 2025

Christmas Vomited Here

A micro-memoir about Christmas tree decorating maximalism, minimalism and finding yourself

Close up of a Christmas tree with matching white bulb decorations.

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Dec 9, 2025

The Beauty In Choosing The Wrong Christmas Tree Every Year

A micro memoir about real Christmas trees, artificial Christmas trees and imperfection

A spindly, sparse real Christmas tree with red bulb ornaments and gold snowflake ornaments.

Maj-le Tate Bridges

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Dec 2, 2025

The Last Felt Santa

A micro memoir about a cherished ornament

Felt Santa Christmas tree ornament

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Maj-le Tate Bridges

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Feb 24, 2024

Your Kids Don’t Want Your Sticker Collection or Old Mix Tapes

How do I know? You don’t want your parents’ stuff either

A room filled with clutter and stacked with clothes, hats and books. A representation of the things that your kids don’t want to inherit.

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Jan 25, 2024

Quiet Quitting Isn’t Only for Your Job, Get Rid of Toxic Mindsets and People

Clean house of physical and mental clutter, but not in a Marie Kondo or homicidal way…

An overflowing dumpster symbolizing all of the trash that we should get rid of in the New Year

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Dec 14, 2023

How to Procure and Put Up a Christmas Tree in 10 Angry Steps

If your marriage wasn’t teetering on divorce before you lost the remote for the Christmas tree lights, it is now

Did your Christmas tree every look as perfectly symmetrical and decorated as this one with red and white bulbs and ribbons? Mine either.

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Sep 20, 2023

Why Won’t My Daughter Carry a Purse? Adventures in Micromanagement

Even a trash bag would be fine at this point

Pink purse with contents spilling out. I just wish my daughter would carry one!

Maj-le Tate Bridges

Maj-le Tate Bridges

Recovering lawyer & micro memoirist. Published in Start It Up, Age of Awareness and Crow's Feet. My Substack: THIN SLICES https://majlebridges.substack.com/

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