High-functioning introvert.
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What most recently made you cry?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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Earnest, driven, Gemini.
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Curious, energetic, droll.
Quiet, sharp, clumsy.
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View profile →I cried last week after talking about marriage equality with my daughters. My oldest let slip that she believed that if the supreme court overturned Obergefell, she wouldn’t have parents any more. I felt angry with my country and ashamed that I didn’t consider the possibility that she might think that.
A lifelong sleepover.
Sacrifice the self and you will gain it. Serve the self and you will lose it.
Leaving the stage from a panic attack in my 20s. Hearing the audience angry.
Human, evolving and faithful.
I’m not thrilled with my lack of commitment to feminism in my 20s.
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