The Pride Dimmer
A dial on the dashboard that turns pride down just far enough to ask for directions. Or for help.
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Honestly? I'm fifty-one and still waiting.
I have a mortgage and two teenagers and a business with my name on the door. Every one of those was supposed to be the moment. None of them were. Some days I think the feeling isn't a thing that arrives. It's a thing you decide to stop waiting for.
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