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4,116 Days
Summer 2026 I had my dad for 4,116 days. He lived in my head for 1,243 days after that, before he was really gone. He’s been gone for 12,787 days now. He used to tell me how things work — why sidewalks are the way they are, why the flag can’t always be up on… — read more
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Oh Good, You Understand
Summer 2026 This urge to speak my truth is both an old and incredibly new need to act upon. When I was younger — the original HSKT version of myself — I spoke a lot of truth to people, or at least the truth as I understood it. After my dad died in 1988, I… — read more
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The Tank and the Squish
Summer 2025 In the months when she first woke up, I had no idea what was happening in me. I am usually a person grounded in understanding who finds ambiguity to be a source of discontent. I understand processes and am often described as direct, determined, and disciplined. I like structures and rules. This young… — read more
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Where Is the Music? Where Are the Colors?
Summer 2025 Prior to the return of my inner child, I had heard about inner child work, but when I searched inside myself for an inner child, it reminded me of a time when I didn’t know where my core was, and a physical therapist had just told me to engage my core. That was… — read more
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Where am I?
Summer 2025 When my inner child first woke up, she did not just say, “Hey, remember me?” She came barreling out in the late evening of July 4, 2025. I only knew that something inside me had become intensely present, disoriented, and confused. It felt like she literally burst out of my chest and could… — read more
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