I Am Not a Burden, And Neither Are You

The Unsheathed Quill
Nov 1 · 4 min read
Photo by Itay Kabalo on Unsplash

A man whose wedding I stood for called me a burden today.

More specifically, he called me a lazy mooch who is the financial ruination of my wife and my family.

By way of explanation for this abhorrent attempt at ‘tough love’, you must be informed that I recently lost my job. He is essentially correct, too: my wife and I have had to make many, many hasty alterations to the…

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The Unsheathed Quill

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The Quill is the brain-child of Justin Wallace, an author, producer of podcasts, DM to an unruly crew, and nerd with a family of more other different nerds.

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