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Dumb Shit People Say

Dumb Shit People Say

in the face of grief, loss, tragedy & trauma

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Danielle Donelson, PhD
Apr 04, 2024
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I have written before about it but it really could be a book in its own. Kate Bowler (a professor of Theology at Duke) made her version of it with Everything Happens for a Reason, after being diagnosed with a terminal cancer.

After my father died, my best friend’s relative said to me:

“Well, we all go through it….aging p…

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