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Letter #1 - July 31st, 2024

Hi Alex,

Today I woke up thinking of you. We haven’t talked in a while. I’m turning 40 in September. Birthdays continue to feel weird since you died. Next year, I’m going to catch up to you. I’ll be your age, when you decided to take your life. Time is something else now that I don’t quite understand. Three years feel like a lifetime and yesterday all together.

Continue reading this blog on Substack:

https://pauladimarco.substack.com/p/it-could-be-anyone-suicide-discriminates

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