Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from the Road

Turmoil

“I’m not permanently settled yet.”

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Jen Deaderick
Feb 14, 2026
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It’s been almost a month since the day I had to leave the house I thought was my home and I’m somehow even more confused about what happened. There was all this adrenaline propelling me along then. Now I’m just sitting with it. Did all those things really happen? What was that?

I’m not permanently settled yet. How could I be when it was all so sudden an…

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