Things That (We Wish) We Didn’t Know

Inspired by Joy Sullivan

Megan Minutillo
1 min readMay 2, 2023

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Photo by Robert V. Ruggiero on Unsplash

That Santa Claus isn’t real / That loneliness is / That terrible things sometimes happen to wonderful people / That eventually, everyone will go through a heartbreak / That 0.9% of high school sweethearts last into marriage without a divorce / That sometimes divorce is the best thing for everyone involved / That sometimes you have to break up with your friends, too / That sometimes, relationships end without reason / That our parents are imperfect / that our grandparents are, too / That getting pregnant isn’t always easy / That babies will often cry, even though gave it your best effort / That the cause of colic is unknown / That sometimes a college degree is everything / That other times it means nothing / That nothing can replace a kind heart / That sugar really isn’t good for you / That gluten-free bread will never taste the same as gluten-full bread / That sometimes you have to pay your rent before you follow your passion / That passion doesn’t always translate into a paycheck / That sometimes the bad guys get ahead / That we can never buy more time.

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Megan Minutillo

Essayist, poet, and theatre producer. I write stories about self-awareness, IVF, and finding your footing in life’s messy moments. Instagram: @meganminutillo.