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Saturday, January 1, 1994

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  1. Saturday, January 1, 1994 · Don Krumpos

    People asked me when I was young:

    People asked me when I was young: “Did losing your mom affect you?” I told them no. Of course not. I was resilient. Kids bounce back. But something inside me went quiet for years. Grief settles like dust — you…

  2. Saturday, January 1, 1994 · Don Krumpos

    Factory.

    Factory. Retail. Toy store. Data entry. I ricocheted through jobs in my twenties like an object in zero gravity — nothing held me, nothing felt like mine. I was obedient in childhood, but adulthood required choosing, and I had no…