Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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Trash Day

Trash Day

Next week will be better

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Jen Deaderick
Oct 19, 2020
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Yesterday was rough. In the morning came a brutal clarification that a relationship had ended. In the evening I had to get my kid through their first major panic attack in months.

After writing yesterday about missing snuggling through the night with my kid, I ended up sleeping in the kid’s room to get them through the night. The kid is still a hot wate…

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