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I knew from the moment you said hello that we won’t be saying goodbye anytime soon.

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If you are the driver, for the love of god, stop. Help out the victim, if possible. Exchange information. Cooperate with the authorities.

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Every mother’s day since the incident, I think of how close I came to not having a mother anymore.

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she upset you a lot. She never ate and even lied about what she wore the other day. She stole from everyone, including you. She hid things and relapsed and went to rehab often. She told you she was going to get clean. She promised. She always promised and you always believed her.

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I could have chalked it up to coincidence, but there was a clear pattern here. I had at least ten reports mentioning him. Was he a disgruntled employee trying to get back at the university for firing him? Was it sabotage?

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Whatever maker you believe in, (S)he definitely looks back with anything from a rather vehement face palm to pensive emoji face every time one of these discretion-lacking souls introduce themselves. You’ve been warned.

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Extract hope from tragedy instead of attributing it to the fact that “everything happens for a reason.” Because frankly, not everything does and in a way, that is kind of comforting.

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“They. Saw. Everything.”