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My Sunday 'To Be' List

My Sunday 'To Be' List

By Stacey Lindsay
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I want 'to be” a good, patient parent. I want 'to be” a consistently supportive husband. I want 'to be” a great friend to those I love. I want 'to be” a positive representative of all of the marginalized groups I represent. I want 'to be” in a position to choose to spend more time with my family, in the near future.

Stacey Lindsay

Stacey Lindsay is a Seattle-based journalist and senior editor of The Sunday Paper. Her forthcoming book, BEING 40: The Decade of Letting Go—and Embracing Who We Are comes out May 5th from The Open Field and is available for pre-order.

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