Do I Still Need a Note from My Mom?
Sometimes you just can’t.
6 min readNov 7, 2023
“I think the only thing stopping you is that little word ‘can’t’.”
The friendly young man stood on the mat just beyond the half-wall over which I was lopped. Behind him were all sorts of climbing and hanging apparatuses, just waiting for a willing victim who might be convinced (or embarrassed) by his coercion.
