The Going-Away Party
"The decision to make the present moment into your friend is the end of ego." —Eckhart Tolle
Once someone threw a going-away party in my honor because I was moving.
The mother of a child I’d babysat for a long time graciously insisted that they host a party for me and invite another family I babysat for.
I prepared for the party as if preparing to attend my own funeral.
Not only was I an old-ass babysitter, I was being celebrated as such. It wa…
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