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…I’m sitting here…as though I have not been a good steward for my body, as though I can’t protect this innocent almost-creature from the onslaught.
— Jul 10, 2026 07:35PM
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Rachel
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This is where my childlessness hurts… when I think of what she passed to me that I have nowhere to put.
— Jul 13, 2026 05:14PM
Rachel
is on page 118 of 320
But then I think that it is vanity to need to leave a mark on things.
— Jul 11, 2026 07:15PM
Rachel
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…back when I was a kid it never occurred to me… that I’d ever be anything but promise and forward momentum.
— Jul 10, 2026 07:39PM
Rachel
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I’ve seen friends tell their dying mothers:, “No, no, you’ll be fine, don’t talk like that.” That seems a cruel thing to say to someone who wants to tell you that they’re afraid.
— Jul 10, 2026 07:25PM
Rachel
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[Mourning is] recursive, and I’m old enough now to suspect that no one ever really gets over anything.
— Jul 09, 2026 06:10PM