THE GOOD OLD DAYS

My Mother Ran Into an Old Classmate After He Obliterated His Family

He thought he’d gotten away with it

Christine Schoenwald
Published in
7 min readFeb 20, 2024

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An old run down farmhouse.
Photo by Dick Hoskins on Unsplash

Content Warning: Violence and domestic abuse

My mother used to say that life was much simpler when she was growing up in the 1930s and 40s. They didn’t have the same kind of violence and anger that we do now.

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Christine Schoenwald
The Narrative Arc

Writer for The Los Angeles Times, Salon, Next Avenue, Business Insider, and Your Tango Christineschoenwaldwriter.com