HeyJaredthirty-six penpals
I grew up unschooled, cult adjacent, my best friends were my 36 pen-pals. I write about that, and other things too.
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afterlife (opens the original)
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do I believe in life after death? she asked me.I'm pretty sure I do.the day a falling branch hit my daughter in the face (don’t worry, she was fine) was my 43rd birthday. searing August heat gave way to an unusual storm and the power went out.my husband, went down to the basement and came up with lanterns, always prepared.and I, lighting a fire on the grate, and sitting on my back deck in warm pelting rain, cold drink in hand, a hodge podge of friends with me, watching the trees bending and shak
learning (opens the original)
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Last week I learned a lot. I learned that it’s ok if I don’t write the next Great American Novel, that I still try to act cool, that I cosplay being outdoorsy every time I camp. That if I’m lucky, statistically, based on the average of my three living grandparents and the one who died young (RIP Grandma!) I’m officially halfway through life.I learned that I hope heaven will be a little bit like a baseball game, with parachuters landing dramatically on field and walk on songs announcing new arriv
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