haven’t made it to this point by luck, or by myself. And I want to make something clear: I’m not happy because of certain things that have happened. Instead, certain things that have happened have made me want to be a happier person.
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For all the years she had worried about watching my grandma grow old, it was now her own health my mom saw vanishing before her eyes. She would hang up after a call with my grandma and say, “Well, she’s doing great, that stubborn old goat.”
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This was a huge mistake.
That’s the first thing I thought when we brought Archie home. Because he wasn’t Archie yet. He was a swaddled blob of puffy cheeks and sleepy eyes. Or was it puffy eyes and sleepy cheeks? I’m too tired to remember.
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I’ve seen a few counselors over the years for a range of issues, and each time I come away feeling better and stronger than when I walked in. No single session is a magic bullet, and at no point can I say a problem is “fixed,” but the mere process of talking through an issue turns out to have a healing effect all its own.
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For all the wonderful opportunities this type of change can provide long-term, the immediate impact is, well, pretty shitty.
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Amidst all the clip reels and montages of her best one-liners, my mind keeps drifting to her daughter, Melissa. Because I know on that Thursday afternoon, in that hospital room in Manhattan, Melissa had experienced That Moment.
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We just don’t know what to say when we run into a coworker who was recently laid off from his job. We feel a sting in our stomach when we see the woman who just lost her daughter.
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Since I’ve had my share of Not Awesome over the past few months, l find myself relying on this type of openness from other people even more. So it’s only fair to be a little more open myself.
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