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The Halfway Path

Jacqueline Dooley
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Essays about navigating parental grief, aging, and soon-to-be empty nesting (with an occasional rant)

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    I write about grief and other things. My focus with this substack is to share essays about navigating parental grief, nature, birds, parenting and the occasional well-researched rant.

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