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erronis

(22,486 posts) Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:11 AM 1 hr ago

Threadbare Isn't Broken -- JoJoFromJerz

https://jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/threadbare-isnt-broken

A Christmas reflection on the long way through, and the people who carried us there

A beautiful post about her feelings and experiences and hopes.

Please read.

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Threadbare Isn't Broken -- JoJoFromJerz (Original Post) erronis 1 hr ago OP

Thank you for posting this. Pretty sure there are few who cannot relate to some or all of her words Attilatheblond 1 hr ago #1

Attilatheblond

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1. Thank you for posting this. Pretty sure there are few who cannot relate to some or all of her words

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:39 AM

1 hr ago

This took me on a tour of the dark places of my past and the fact that those times were survivable... with a little (or a lot) of help from my friends and strangers who served up the milk of human kindness.

And whoever it is chopping those damned onions, light a candle. It's how one softens the sting.

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