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In keeping with National Grief Awareness Day, I\u2019ve been thinking about the loss of a friendship, the one I wrote about in yesterday\u2019s blog. This morning I sent her a break-up email. It was to the point, calling out the grievance for what it was\u2014gaslighting\u2014although I didn\u2019t use that term, then cutting the ties and wishing her well. Someone asked me whether I felt relieved about not having to deal with that anymore. Yes, because who wants to be gaslighted? No, because when she was being nice, I actually enjoyed her company. I\u2019ll have to find new friends to do those things with.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Monday, so it must be Office Day. I applied for another role that came up on my job search feed; something I can get excited about. Fingers crossed for at least one interview.<\/p>\n

This evening I pitched a story to a panel of judges for the next Tales & Ales storytelling show, the only one in a neighboring county and which seems to really pack the audience in. They seemed to like it, so fingers on the other hand crossed that I get selected to tell in late October. On the way home, I was passing the cemetery where I sometimes walk. Because of evening rain storms, I haven\u2019t gotten in much walking lately, so I stopped for dusk stroll. It seemed a lonely place when the sun goes down. Lots of families have put up solar-powered lights around their loved ones\u2019 headstones, and those began to come on as I walked among the rows. A contemplative evening.<\/p>\n

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