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Throughout the ordeal, I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad. Anger was something I could control. I could settle into an easy rhythm of blame and hate. Focus my energy on something than the ache in my heart.

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
Control
Mad
Getting
Throughout
Hate
Rhythm
Energy
Anger
Ordeal
Easy
Blame
Ordeals
Heart
Easier
Ache
Something
Learned
Settle
Focus
Settling

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