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Jun 09

I Bought My Mom A House

by Susan McMartin
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It still stuns me to write those words. Me. The child who grew up raging against her alcoholic mother. Hating and loving her with an intensity and fear that only children of alcoholics understand. Me. The teenager that ran as …

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Dec 12

I’ve Discovered Girls

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I know, I know, I’m very late to the party. I’m so sorry, Ms. Dunham. Sorry, that it took a pandemic for me to finally watch your iconic creation, Girls. The Lena Dunham series was groundbreaking when it premiered on …

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Nov 08

Exhale.

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I’d like to say I’m sorry for your loss to the 70 million people who voted for Trump… But I’m not. And one day, maybe, those who voted for him will thank us for saving America from irreversible damage. You …

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Aug 22

College.

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I had been wondering how it would hit me. When. Where. In what way. Sending my daughter to college 3,000 miles away. My daughter. My baby, my gift, my joy, my amazement, my hope, my dance partner. And would she …

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Jul 21

VOTE.

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That’s all I got.

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Jun 05

Silence Is Not An Option.

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I’ve been wondering what to write and how to write it. I’ve been wondering if what I have to say matters. But silence is not an option. Not for me. I’m a writer. This is the form I use to …

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May 26

And then… it’s here.

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She’s graduating high school. She’s done. It’s arrived. And you couldn’t be more proud and you couldn’t be more emotional and you couldn’t be more shocked that your little baby girl is wearing a cap and gown. My baby. My …

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Mar 18

So. Here We Are.

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Right now we can choose to look at what’s happening in a variety of ways. I choose to look at it the way I look at most things. Everything is happening exactly as it’s meant to and it’s how we …

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Mar 13

Depression, depression! (sung to the tune of Tradition!)

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If you don’t laugh about it, you’ll shoot yourself. Depression is real. It’s sneaky. It’s heartless. It’s a liar, a thief, a con artist. If you’ve never experienced it you truly can’t understand how saying to someone who’s in it, …

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Jan 02

What Can Happen in a Decade

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Ten years ago I was unemployed, broke, almost homeless, holding the ankles of a man who didn’t love me, burying my dog who was killed before my eyes by another dog, and dragging used clothing around town to put food …

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