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“I take a longer look at the words on her headstone.
Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on…
Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer.
Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on…
Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer.
Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I yearn to know the people I love deeply and intimately—without context, without boxes—and I yearn for them to know me that way, too.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I was conditioned to believe any boundary I wanted was a betrayal of her, so I stayed silent. Cooperative.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“and i said to my body. softly. ‘i want to be your friend.’ it took a long breath. and replied ‘i have been waiting my whole life for this.”
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“A woman who knows what she brings to the table is not afraid to eat alone.”
― Awakening: Ladies, Leadership, and the Lies We've Been Told
― Awakening: Ladies, Leadership, and the Lies We've Been Told
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Becky’s 2025 Year in Books
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