"They were expanding the same amount of energy not to put on a show. As if to say, "This is your home and you're welcome here as you are." I think it's important to note that that takes work: family doesn't just happen; welcome isn't a neutral state. We have to tend to these things."
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, Here For It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America (2020), page 188 (ISBN 978-0-525-62103-4).
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