In the same way we bring our six-year-old self and our sixteen-year-old self to the age we currently are, we also carry every name we’ve ever had, whether that name was gently bestowed as a gift of love, ceremoniously given after years of hard work, or critically slung as a cruel insult, here we are, named and present, making every life decision through the lenses we’ve been wearing for decades, carrying them into all of our rooms. No matter if our leaving is anticipated, forced, or chosen, the names we had in the rooms we’ve occupied have weight and merit. Part of working for closure is
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