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Mistakes Will Be Made

Today, tomorrow, and forever.

Heather Havrilesky
Apr 24, 2023
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Untitled (1959) by Helen Lundeberg

I was driving a visiting friend to the airport when she announced, “I’m going to miss my flight.” I told her she was wrong, she had almost two hours. She said no, she had changed her departure time inside her head and told me the wrong time by accident. She had only a few minutes to get to the airport, get through secur…

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