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Post 20: Why It’s So Hard For Me to Say No
I’ve spent most of my life feeling like the ground beneath me could shift at any second. When you grow up in a house where one wrong word…
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Post 19: How Anger Learned to Live in Me
Anger never felt like something I chose. It felt like something that chose me. It lived in my home long before I understood what it was. It sat…
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Post 18: The Years the Blue Jays Won, and I Still Lost
This year’s World Series ended in heartbreak, the Blue Jays versus the Dodgers, a matchup that had all of Canada holding its breath. My son was devastated when…
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Post 17: The Quiet Never Left
When you grow up in a house where yelling is the soundtrack, quiet isn’t peaceful. It’s the pause before the storm. It’s the sound that tells you something’s…
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The Constant Clock: Living Life Around His Work Schedule
Time ruled our house long before I understood what time even meant. Not hours or minutes, but moods. We didn’t need a calendar; we just needed to know…
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Post 15: Why I Don’t Drink
Sometimes I’m surprised I’m still alive. I’m sure I was a passenger in my mother’s car many times while she was drunk. Crazy, right? But it’s the truth.…
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