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All Roses Are Beautiful anticipatory grief both/and essay father's day real process Jul 01, 2026

For Father's Day this year, I sent coffee, cake, and half-and-half. I sent it on Friday, ahead of the weekend, to beat the rush.

I did not send flowers.

Part of it was the cost — the arrangement I was looking at came to more than I wanted to spend on something that wilts in three days. But the hon...

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