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Made me feel warm & fuzzy something I ‘m not accustomed to these days. I think I love nostalgia although I never realized it, just didn’t think about it much so Thank You for your openness and your ability to share 😚

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beautiful.

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❤️

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Bless your heart emoji.

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Oddly similar story to my mom. My parent's divorce was due to many things but mom got the ball rolling by sleeping with the baby sitter. It wasn't easy being a gay single mom in the 70s but she managed as best she could.

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That's amazing. Yeah, not a lot of lesbian moms back then. Did your mom also subscribe to Ms. Magazine? Ms. was huge in our house.

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lol Yes.

Another big deal was when dad voted for Nixon again.

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...and the alcohol. I don't want to give the impression we were high brow enough that politics could wreck our home.

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{{{hugs}}}

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Thank you for writing this.

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I wrote it for you, my true mother.

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“But I never doubted that I deserved love.” 👍

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What a beautiful, complex portrait, Michael.

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Thanks, Dan. Much appreciated.

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