Choices — Exchange the Cart

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I went to Walmart yesterday for a few things. I had a bad day at work, and my trauma was showing, but I kept it to myself. Trauma survivors are good at that — pretending we’re ok when we’re not. I walked into the store in a fog with my mental list of things to get, determined to fight the want to stay home under the covers binging Netflix, like I had done the hour before. I will go. I will fight. I will not let the past win today. I forgot…