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RE: The stories we tell: A short story
What a great little story, and very uplifting at the end. You're right about starting over. Traumatic events are like having one of the little strings that hold you up in life being cut, and you kind of flop around like a broken marionette for a while before you can fix it and find a way to move on again with your little knot always there to remind you of the wound.
Thanks so much for your thoughtful response, @negativer. Yes, the traumas of our lives require a reset of some kind. We have to find a way to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and get going again when bad things happen. I’m fortunate never to have experienced anything quite this traumatic, but recent events make it possible to imagine it. I’m pretty sure I would become an agoraphobic like Ginny.