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Jenny Vanderberg Shannon's avatar

Cheers to walking away with new names.

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Lauren Cibene's avatar

…and to friends who call you by them.❤️‍🩹

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Bobby Gilles's avatar

“We might gain a limp from the effort, but we also might gain a new name …” I love this!

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Lauren Cibene's avatar

Thank you for reading!

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Liz Cooledge Jenkins's avatar

"A healthy, adaptive use of anger during deconstruction can reveal where boundaries have been crossed and values undermined. It reveals hypocrisy. It drags abuse out of the shadows. It helps us figure out what we want and what we need." This!! Love these uses of anger. So many boundaries have been crossed for so many of us. The things we get angry about bring so much clarity.

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Lauren Cibene's avatar

Absolutely. Anger is important. 🔥

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Jonathan Chambers's avatar

Wow. Amazing piece. I LOVED the part about Jacob and God getting the dirt with us. Thank you!

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Lauren Cibene's avatar

Thank you for reading 🧡

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