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mara lonner's avatar

This is such powerful and empowered telling. Thank you.

Deborah Way's avatar

A gift to yourself that you saved the notebook ❤️

Sylvia Bowyer's avatar

Your experience reminds me of why I often overreact to strangers close at hand, and love locking doors.

Maylan's avatar

Powerful. (Ironically.)

Betty Marmalade's avatar

Life chucks so many experiences at us, and if they are almost all bad then how can you distinguish which are important enough to report, or as you say, even if you matter? I think of some uncomfortable moments in my past and nothing comes near to this experience, and yet I feel it with you. That's your gift, your super power.

Terri Hayes's avatar

Holy shit Chris. Some sick people. I guess you moved shortly after that? Good grief

Chris J. Rice's avatar

Yes. I moved after that.

Geoff Cordner's avatar

My brother once described his life as “a bad Larry Clark photo”. This is a photo from Tulsa. Wow.

Elizabeth Aquino's avatar

Oh, Chris -- you embody grace and power in equal measure.

Frimet Roth's avatar

This was so beautifully, compactly and impactfully written. .