Paperdolls & Cowboy Boots Book (Paperdolls~Today)

Paperdolls & Cowboy Boots Book (Paperdolls~Today)

Why I have hope

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April Daniels
Aug 06, 2025
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If you haven’t read Paperdolls,1 here is a brief overview of my profound relationship with my maternal grandparents:

“it is still a beautiful world.”

April Daniels
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August 30, 2023
“it is still a beautiful world.”

Last week, I saw a headline for an article, "This Is Quite Possibly The Most Beautiful Poem Ever Written." If it didn’t come across in the original version of Paperdolls, I love poetry and lyrics and the artful expression of words. For a brash headline to claim that there is one poem that is the most beautiful ever, I had to read more (I’m sure that was…

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