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Breaking the Freeze
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Breaking the Freeze

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Dec 02, 2024
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In the wake of the early morning news, I freeze.

I’m meant to be making making lunches and serving vitamins and getting little shoes on little feet,
but I’m frozen.

I’m meant to be driving to a preschool

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