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Reflections & Essays


The wild and beautiful city
Missing you. It’s been 49 hours since you and her drove off in the beat up Saviero with the jammed trunk door and broken seat handle....
Amanda Westfall
Mar 302 min read


Breaking free of my Motherhood Self Slump
I heard all about it. How motherhood will suck out your identity. “Your life will change.” “Your child will take over everything.” “Be...
Amanda Westfall
Aug 20, 20246 min read


The naïve traveler (chapter 2 from "Gut Love")
The streets were a ruckus, even in the early hours of the morning. My ear drums pounded from sound waves generated by churning engines,...
Amanda Westfall
Jun 29, 20238 min read


The art of writing is dead.
The art of writing is dead. That’s the name of my website, you know. The art of writing. Well, it died because of fucking ChatGPT. I...
Amanda Westfall
Jun 2, 20237 min read


Unnatural Birthing
I was dying. Fuck. I was dying. (At least that's what it felt like) It hit me in waves. Tumultuous, agonizing, hurricane-category-five...
Amanda Westfall
May 14, 202317 min read
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