As a child, I was taught to eat what was put on the table and to give thanks for those who prepared it—or go without. One evening, I chose to test this policy by refusing to eat and beginning a hunger strike. A patient woman, my mother called my bluff and put my plate in the fridge, knowing that I….

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This post appeared here first: Forward Day By Day – June 19, 2018

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