“For me, holiday celebrations are never as fulfilling as the promise of holiday cheer suggests. So I made a choice: Instead of investing in complicated dynamics and being reminded of unresolved shit, I stayed in Alabama, 1,000 miles away from my real home and closest blood relative.”
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