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\u201cOf course, she will, honey. It\u2019s Thanksgiving.\u201d The lie tasted bitter. Jessica had spent last Christmas making snide comments about my weight, my job, my situation with being divorced. Mom had laughed along, saying Jessica was \u201cjust being funny\u201d and I was \u201ctoo sensitive.\u201d Dad had buried himself in football games, pretending not to hear. But this year would be different. I\u2019d brought homemade pumpkin pies, spent money I didn\u2019t really have on nice wine, and even bought new outfits for the kids so Jessica couldn\u2019t make comments about them looking shabby. We were going to have a nice family holiday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOf course, she will, honey. It\u2019s Thanksgiving.\u201d The lie tasted bitter. Jessica had spent last Christmas making snide comments about my weight, my job, my situation with being divorced. Mom had laughed along, saying Jessica was \u201cjust being funny\u201d and I was \u201ctoo sensitive.\u201d Dad had buried himself in football games, pretending not to hear….<\/p>\n

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