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I Have Only Cried Really Hard Twice in My Life - 나는 평생 딱 두 번, 정말 많이 울었다

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I’m not someone who never cries. I sometimes tear up when I watch a sad movie or see someone going through a difficult time. But when something happens to me, I become much stronger. I usually tell myself, “Don’t cry. Get yourself together.” And then I do what I need to do. But there were only two times in my life when I really, really cried. The first time was when I was a freshman in college. I had been dating my first love for about a year, and then we broke up. I cried a lot. The second time was much later. I had a little Yorkshire Terrier who lived with me for eight years. She became very sick and had to receive IV fluids. Eventually, she crossed the rainbow bridge. At first, I didn’t cry. I held everything inside for weeks. Then one day, a friend told me, “If you’re too sad, just cry.” A few days later, I was walking outside when suddenly, all my emotions came out. I started sobbing loudly right there on the street. People passing by probably thought, “What happened to that woman...

Still Learning My Body with Golf - 골프와 함께 여전히, 나는 내 몸 학습 중

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About a year ago, I learned a new name for something happening inside my body: Rheumatoid arthritis. Honestly, I was scared. My finger joints had been swollen for quite a while, and eventually the pain became so severe that I could barely hold a golf club, let alone swing it. But the biggest problem for me was something else. “Does this mean I can never play golf again?” That thought made me surprisingly depressed. I thought I could handle almost anything else. But no golf? That was serious. 😂 If I could never play golf again, what was I supposed to do with the rest of my life? Would my golf clubs become decorations? Would the driving range become a place from my past? Would I have to go to the golf course just to watch other people play? I imagined everything. Looking back, it makes me laugh. But at the time, I was genuinely devastated. “This is the end of my golf career.” For a while, I was practically holding a funeral for my golf career. 😂 At first, I thought the finger problem w...