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Alison's avatar

WOW! Just WOW. Thank you!

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Annette's avatar

This is beautifully written and holds an important perspective I hadn't thought about before. I really want to thank you for writing and sharing this. The four kids in our family share a frequent, embarrassing memory of my gorgeous, yet mis-fit mother back when we were kids in the 70's. She had just had her Pritiken Diet awakening, and would unapologetically ask confused waiters for pizza with the cheese on the side (this is 1970's Florida, mind you, not California) while we kids would shrivel in shame. It was a forever back & forth of the waiter trying to understand that YES she wanted a large pizza, NO--she didn't want a pizza with no cheese, just SOME cheese and not on the pizza. Just shred it and put it on the side. Oh and provide a take-home container for the unused cheese. Why did we kids care so much about what others thought?? Why were we so embarrassed? Who cares how she wants her pizza and her cheese. I'm sure they rolled their eyes every time the crazy lady was back for her weird "pizza." Turns out she was ahead of her time because today you can order your pizza with no cheese and even no crust! Anyway, I have so many examples of behavior that used to embarrass me as a kid, but I now see as courageous--even rebellious for the 70's. It's perfectly possible that her quiet protest of typical motherhood had given me and one sibling the strength to resist our collapse points in this horrible "vaccine" lie we've been in for generations now. And hopefully the other two "normies" will wake up before too much damage is done. Thank you for offering this perspective.

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