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Ceasefires, Scorched Earth, and Ghostings: Navigating the Holidays With Screwed Up People
‘Tis the season to be struggling…
For many of us, this season feels more like a wound than a gift, pressing on grief we’ve tried to bury, reminding us of people who are missing, exposing fractures in our families, our faith, and our sense of safety in the world.
The holidays have a way of shining a big, bright spotlight on all the things that aren’t okay:
The distance in our families.The tension at our tables.The divisions in our nation.The people who are missing from the photos this year.The faith we used to hold easily, that now feels slippery or gone.The sense that the world is burning and…
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