Here is what my dad was right about: there is not a right time for everything, or anything really. I know that because I have lived the reality, and have seen others live the same way. Here is what my dad didn’t say: that it’s easy to accept that notion when you’re a good, safe distance from the difficult experience you’re living through. It’s easy to say “everything happens for a reason” when you’ve already found your reason. It’s easy to say that timing is irrelevant when you’re looking back at the hardest things in your life. It’s a lot damn harder when you’re in the thick of it, when you
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