Literary Liberation

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Sherisa de Groot
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Good Morning,

I took a break last week from being “online” because it was my birthday. The goal was to pour into myself in ways I typically don’t. As life would have it, I didn’t get a chance to pretty much all week because half of my house was sick. So I am going to choose another week to try again. There’s no shame in that. The fact I’m not forsaking myself (a habit that I don't even know when I picked up to be honest) leave me with some comfort.

So, some things.

It's never been lost on me how interesting it is as an American to have my birthday fall the day after inauguration. I've always looked at it as a tiny extended Martin Luther King day celebration week that also includes me. Lucky me. The person who is being inaugurated is not always my choice, and this year has taken on the most vile of meanings in my lifetime. I wanted to be disconnected last week because I knew it was coming—but I don't know honestly how many of us knew how fast it was coming.

I know a lot of people have d…

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