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Matthew Sloane's avatar

All story. All true.

I am holding this memory for myself. Sitting in the question of how I might hold it for/with my daughter?

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Jennifer H's avatar

A good reminder to share your own feelings and thoughts with your kids and to normalize the sometimes lengthy impact of the external world on us! I thought it was so great that you told her you’d been thinking about it so she could also share that it was still on her mind.

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Matthew Sloane's avatar

Thanks for the reflection, Jennifer. Yes, that sharing (that I had been thinking about it) was in part to pave the way for her. So glad she engaged both with me and her peers -- she could have chosen to keep quiet.

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Kate Lynch's avatar

So moving and so valid to wonder. You are giving her the tools by modeling, even if she doesn’t do anything. I’m glad she got to tell the story to her friends. 🤗🤗🤗

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Matthew Sloane's avatar

Me too, Kate.

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