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*Contains light cursing and disturbing concepts? - I think?* The kids can barely sit still for more than 30 seconds without nervous excitement lifting them up and carrying them aimlessly through the house. The anticipation of Santa’s arrival is hard to temper when they’re this young. I watch them squirm in excitement, and I try to soak up every little bit of this beautiful time in their lives. They’re all filled with such wonder and I’m grateful that I get to live it with them, adding to the magic. Even better, I get to do it all with t...
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“You’ve got time”“Don’t stress”“You’ll figure it out”“The right thing will find you eventually” What a load of shit. What if I don't have time, and I am stressed, and I can't figure it out? What if the right thing can’t find me because I’m too far down a sink hole for it to hear me screaming its name? What then? I'm truly unsure what I have done to give these people such misplaced, blind faith in me and the trajectory of my future. I feel too young to be out of time. Then again, time has been ripped away from far more innocent and far...
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