Shame on a Platter
Shame can be pervasive; it appears in places where we’d never know to look for it and pretends to be noble or kind.
Before my last move, I talked separately to two women who had many years of single parenting under their belts. They each told me some version of: “I know it’s hard but you’re not the first and you won’t be the last” and “This just is the way it is. We do it because we have to.” I was clear then that it shouldn’t be this way but I can see how this hards…
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