family
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I have never been what one might call a go getter. I have been pretty satisfied with seeing a situation for what it was and doing the best I could with it. With a few exceptions, I didn’t seek to stand out in any way. Being one of the crowds was very much my comfort…
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My friend loved her father. She loved him very much. She picked up and moved hundreds of miles just to get the opportunity to prove her value. She made decisions based on his standards. He took up a large swath of space in her heart and mind. She gave him a mile, he gave her…
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It was the 32nd anniversary of my mother’s death recently. I have lived as long without her as I had with her. Of course her death shifted the trajectory of my life. Losing a parent, regardless of the state of the relationship does something to the internal life of a survivor. But the course of…