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Month: December 2017

An Unexpected Visit from the Ghosts of my Childhood

An Unexpected Visit from the Ghosts of my Childhood

This morning I had an update from the sister of my best childhood friend, he has brain cancer. I was numb to it at the moment. I just nodded, and dutifully sent a message to my family informing them and scrolled on, not yet ready to digest the news, knowing it would hit me in due time. It hit earlier than I anticipated. Minutes after sending my family the update, I read a shared post: “At some point in your…

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Drunk Uncle Reginald

Drunk Uncle Reginald

Does anyone out there have that “one” relative? That relative is usually an uncle. He’s belligerent, opinionated and obnoxious. He can be demanding and acts entitled. He tends to get louder as the night goes on. He might even get drunk and really put on a show! We have that relative. We call him Uncle Reginald, despite the fact that he isn’t really an uncle, he isn’t even a he. She’s four years old and she’s my daughter. Let’s go…

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