The Audacity.

The Audacity.

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My 2022 in Reading
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My 2022 in Reading

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For the past couple years, I have mostly felt relief at year’s end. I’ve thought, “Well, at least that’s over.” Since my brother Joel died, time simply isn’t the same. Every day is a day I am living in a world where he is absent and his absence is an ever-expanding void.

Every day, I think, “It has been 550 days since he died. It has been 551 days sinc…

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