TheManMySonThinksIAm
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He describes me to his friends and I don't recognize the man in the description. He thinks I'm steady. He thinks I've never been afraid.
I've been afraid every day since the hospital.
I decided to stop correcting him and start becoming him instead. Some days I get close.
A reflection
Who believes something good about you that you haven't caught up to yet?
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