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By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
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By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
Fiction
By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
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By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
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By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
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By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
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By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
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By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
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By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
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By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
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By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
Musings
By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
Club Jr.
By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
Club Jr.
By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others "You haven’t been around. Is everything all right?” I hesitated a moment, unsure if I wanted to share, doubtful if my audience could be trusted. “My mother’s sick,” I finally confessed. After the gasp, the “Oh no, refuah sheleimah!” I amended: “It’s terminal.” Then the
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