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You know, mainly people have been coming as though they're doing a wellness check on me.

Like I think people are just, I don't know why they think I

might be taking this harder than others, but I was at like, my kid's birthday party and another

parent came up to me and was like, can I hold you? And I was like, I'm good. I'm good.

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