Sunday Lunch
Do you say it out loud this time?
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Sunday Lunch
Your grandmother says the ugly thing again, mildly, over the roast. She's eighty seven. Your cousin's kids are at the table. Everyone does the small laugh and passes the potatoes, and you've done the small laugh for twenty years because she won't change and it would spoil the afternoon.
Do you say it out loud this time?
Then ask
- What exactly would you say? Try it now.
- Who at that table are you protecting when you stay quiet?
- What would the kids take away from watching you laugh?
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