THIS YEAR EVERYONE I KNOW HAD A BROKEN HEART, EVERYONE I KNOW CRIED IN PRIVATE ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM A PARTY, AND NOT EVERYONE I KNOW WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING, AND NOT EVERYONE I KNOW WANTED TO EVEN THOUGH THEY DID. AND THIS YEAR I STOOD INSIDE OF A REDWOOD TREE AND THOUGHT, “THIS IS THE SWEETEST DAY OF MY WHOLE LIFE,” AND TWO MONTHS LATER I WAS SOBBING IN A PARKING LOT, THINKING, “THIS IS THE WORST DAY OF MY WHOLE LIFE,” AND A FEW MONTHS LATER I WAS DANCING IN MY LIVING ROOM, SAYING, “THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY WHOLE . . .” HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE SEED OF A REDWOOD TREE? SO TINY. AND ALL OF
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