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Episode 58 |Justify This: I Don't Owe Anyone an Explanation for My Life. And Neither Do You.
People have told me — more than once, and from people who consider themselves spiritually advanced — that it seems like I'm trying to justify my happiness. Like I'm making a comparison, letting everyone know how bad things were and how good they are now. So justify this.
Today is May 20th, 2023. My son would have been 24 today. He was born May 20th, 1999, and he died July 31st, 1999. When he died, it challenged everything I thought I knew — not just religion, not just parenthood, not just the sanctity of life. Why did this happen to me, was I not the right kind of father, had I sinned too…
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