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I was Accused of ‘Publicly Flaming’ a Mindful Publication — Here’s What Actually Happened

I was Accused of ‘Publicly Flaming’ a Mindful Publication — Here’s What Actually Happened

A few days ago, on my personal Facebook page, I called out a publication I have loved for years for publishing an article with what I thought was an offensive and condescending title.

The ensuing drama of the past few days has been exhausting and overwhelming, to say the very least.

What to do when we get Sucker Punched by Social Media.

What to do when we get Sucker Punched by Social Media.

I got sucker punched by social media this morning.

I guess, more specifically, I was sucker punched by something—someone—from my past. But without social media, it might not have hit me so hard and taken my breath away like it did.

And I’m kind of wishing right now that this particular piece of my past had just stayed in my frickin’ past.

Usually, it’s those memory reminders that pop up in Facebook and make me a little nostalgic. Like when that memory of my son popped up of when he was only two years old and running circles around the kitchen with a bucket on his head. That video memory made me laugh and cry at the same time.