thomas
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Christmas morning in the upper seventies is a strange thing. Even in the Deep South, it is not supposed to feel like this. Shorts and bare feet on December 25 already put the day in a different headspace. Last night we stayed up late packing stockings and getting things ready for the morning. When I…
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Burnout is something I don’t know that I understand how to recognize when it’s happening—only that I know when it has happened. I don’t always feel anything different until I’m toast. I’m done. I reached that stage last week, and now I’m just pushing on fumes. I still care, I’m still pushing hard, but the…