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James Bailey's avatar

+1 to what Karena said!

So insightful Alissa. And set up so perfectly with the story:

These bodily spaces of collective grief and joy and relief and fear are necessarily exclusionary. Not just of boys, but of me, too. I’ve aged out. It’s a place I no longer belong. I won’t intrude.

And the next line:

“I want to be their choice not their circumstance.”

That’s a gut punch. A wake up call for me as a father. I want my teenage daughters to “choose”me vs. “contend” with me because I’m their dad.

May your sons “choose” you too ❤️.

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Karena's avatar

From the very first line, I am so glad to have you back in my inbox!

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