Are You Mad?

I’ve been asked that a few times…the joy of being mad

Catherine Oceano
The Memoirist
Published in
5 min readMar 25

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Breast cupcakes. Photo credit: Catherine Dunn-Gilbert, author

“Are you insane? Are you on crack? What are you thinking? This is madness.” These and many other similar questions and suggestions have been said to me during my lifetime. And let’s be clear, to many people the word “mad” means angry. I was raised by parents who lived in England most of their lives and for whom that word meant a bit bonkers, foolish…

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Catherine Oceano
The Memoirist

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