Tonight I’m feeling sad. I can trace it one event. But if I’m being honest, there were other issues layered in there, too. I’m the queen of brushing things off as no big deal until one big event sets off a chain reaction and suddenly I’m a ball of emotions. And tears. Lots of tears. I was in that sad,…
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