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Posts tagged with childhood
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The Buck Chronicles: The Self-Hate that Hate Made
The ‘Buck Chronicles’ are about my father, Raymond “Buck” Sorum. It’s always so fascinating and beautiful to get a true view of the demons, battles and victories our parents dealt with. This journal entry shows Buck’s struggles with his faith, homosexuality and alcoholism. To live in a society that makes…
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Life Moments #4: The First 3 Deaths
THE FIRST THREE DEATHS that I can recall happened by the time I turned five. I didn’t really understand death then, and to this day I’m still not sure what it means, exactly. It’s a cessation, to be sure, but other than that I don’t find it particularly notable. I…