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It is true that middle-aged women are invisible in many spaces, at least those I occupy. I literally take up 225 lbs and 5’3″ of space, but that is compacted and impacted until my body remains but my essence is this small overlooked thing. One example is how I rushed, crammed, fit in, scheduled, rescheduled, […]
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