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Daphne Berryhill's avatar

"Doing something you don't like can be much more active and existential and soul-awakening than something you do like." — that's basically what I tell my kids when they ask me why they need to go to school. And no, they don't believe me. But one day ...

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I have such a check from my mother though she's not dead. She's caught in the inbetween of dementia. I found the check while sorting through her things after we'd moved her to a care home. It was meant to be a birthday present but she forgot. I'll treasure it forever.

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