Recently, I was on the phone with my father, lecturing him about how he should 'let it go, don't care what people have to say.’ Mid-lecture, I caught myself and stopped, because asking him to do that so nonchalantly was not only wrong, but also unrealistic. For his generation, what people will say is a daily affirmation. This brought on a slight pang of guilt. I am coming from a place of boundary setting and therapy, and all he’s had is this very society and its ways. And it

Venturing into sacred territory. I’ve chosen a rather controversial topic, one with little allowance for varying opinions. To avoid...

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