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His Mother Had to Give Him up for Adoption as a Baby

Now He Is Holding onto Her by Rejecting Himself

I was on a video call with my friend Dan when we decided to talk about a longing that I had noticed in him. Earlier, in a post on Facebook, he had asked his friends if they would honestly reveal what they could see. I had described what I imagined was longing, longing for his mother.