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Unclenching by Chris L Vaughan's avatar

Thank you for sharing this, Jessica. This is a really helpful and poignant piece.

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Mara Gordon, MD's avatar

Thanks for sharing this, Jessica. <3

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Elizabeth Bohannon's avatar

This is profound. I want to respond, but will let it steep first. Thank you, Jessica.

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Jessica Slice's avatar

I'm so glad this struck something in you.

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Jule DeJager  Ward's avatar

So much wisdom in a few paragraphs! I'm reading the novel, "James", presently, and some of the same deep, disturbing sentiments are expressed by horribly beaten slaves who condsider whether to wish they could simply die yet they want desperately to keep living.

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Erin Raffety's avatar

Such a challenging topic to write about. Thank you for doing so.

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