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I Must Keep Trying
Dear Mom, Over the weekend, I opened yet another email with yet another form rejection. One more ‘it’s not you it’s me’ from an agent I researched to the point of truly believing we’d be the perfect fit. I once… Continue reading
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Finding Solidarity in Community
Dear Mom, I’ve been looking back at previous letters to you as inspiration for this week’s letter and I’ve noticed something interesting. A few months ago, I wrote about my desire to have more human connections in life. I’ve written… Continue reading
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New Year, New Decade, New… Goals?
Dear Mom, A new year has begun. It’s now 2025. I sat down this week to write to you about my goals for this next year. In fact, I wrote around 1100 words about my desire to flourish in all… Continue reading
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Olympic Dreams
Dear Mom, What makes an Olympian? What makes a person able to see a sport being played at the highest level and say, “I’m going to do that one day.” What separates that person from all of the rest of… Continue reading
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Living My Legacy
Dear Mom, Before you got sick, how often did you think about dying? Did you ever? Was it a fear you had? I don’t remember ever talking to you about death. Not until the very end. By then it was… Continue reading
Sober Letters to Mom 