Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Cruel Summer
***CONTENT WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF A SUICIDE ATTEMPT. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental illness, visit https://nami.org/home*** By nature I’m a watcher and a recorder: taking photos, writing down details, trying to latch on to all the memories I can in a life that often moves too fast.…
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About Me
My name is Kara; I’m a 48-year-old wife, mother, and writer from Indiana, USA. I have a good life. I have a wonderful husband, two fantastic adult kids, a good day job, and access to things I need. I also have a long lineage of depression. I remember my grandmother staring out the window for…
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Compliments from a Cool Mom
I try hard to give my kids unique and interesting compliments.Me: Jeremy, you are one cool dude.My son: [indecipherable grunt]Me: When God was handing out the cool kids in heaven, I totally cut to the front of the line.Jeremy:Me: And God was all like, “I dunno, lady, this kid is REALLY COOL. Like, I don’t…
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Livin’ the Dream
Well it’s a beautiful night/ We’re looking for something fun to do/ Hey baby/ I think I wanna sit on the front porch and eat mac-and-cheese directly out of the pot in front of God and everybody
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Nice to Meet You
Written 20 years ago, on the day my eldest child was born. 8/17/98Riley, my sweet baby daughter— It is 2:30 in the morning on the day you will be born. At about noon on this day, Monday, we are going to go into the hospital and have a cesarean section that will finally bring you…
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Biff, the Bur Oak Highlander Who Cannot Be Killed
So I ordered a bur oak from the Arbor Day Foundation around—well—Arbor Day, and then, because I am a depressed unmotivated sack of crap who only goes to work and comes home and naps intermittently until it’s time to go to bed, I left it sitting in a box on my back porch all summer…
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