I took a DNA test and discovered I’m 25% Jewish - which should be impossible, given what I know of my family.
It turns out that my maternal grandfather was 100% Ashkenazi Jew, but had faced such antisemitism that he couldn’t get anywhere in business. His solution? Move to a new state,…Â
When I was 19, I was struggling with what turned out to be diabetes type 2 and depression.
As a result of those two things, I wasn’t doing well in college, but all my dad cared about was looking good to his church folk. So when I begged to go to a doctor, he put it off forever until…Â
I can’t say it was the first that gave me pause, but it was the first I couldn’t explain away: when I got married, my father’s followers were *horrified* that I wanted to take my husband’s name.
They thought I should keep my father’s, and that my husband should take *his*.
We moved…Â
Yeah. Not a joke. We’re eating so much that it’s even showing up in unborn babies. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/22/microplastics-revealed-in-placentas-unborn-babies
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