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    When Your Mama Creates Airport Drama

    October 16, 2020 /No Comments

    Any time spent with my mother involves some level of drama. This time it was keeping her from spiraling in the airport drama.

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    Back to Guatemala – International Adventures in Social Distancing

    October 1, 2020 /1 Comment

    Clearing out the backlog of posts that never made it live. First up: diving into 2020 historical documents about my trip back to Guatemala.

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  • Rotting Roots

    The Mother of All Resentment

    August 31, 2020 /No Comments

    Lunch with my mother brings up all kinds of resentment. Reminders that my mother is a narcissist.

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    More Adventures in Social Distancing

    August 29, 2020 /No Comments

    As the pandemic progresses, my state is reopening businesses in stages. I don’t know how they decide what can reopen when, or more importantly, why? But I have tamped down my panic and gone out while still exhibiting caution. It has been an experience in otherworldly interaction.

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    My So Called Life,  Rotting Roots

    Tears Solve Nothing – Lean Into the Anger

    June 19, 2020 /No Comments

    Tears solve nothing. A coworker cried over her abusive father's deathbed and I had zero empathy. Then I had to reckon with why.

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