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Women Can Be Whatever They Want to Be
When Corinne was in grade school, she used to play touch football at recess with some of the boys. She was convinced back then that she wanted to…
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There’s Still Progress to be Made
I married a man who didn’t look a lot like me. Dennis grew up in Trinidad in the 1960s and 1970s. Corinne and I haven’t yet submitted the…
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Who Was Your Childhood “Best Friend Forever”?
Through most of my elementary school years, I was friends with a girl named Kim who lived in a corner brick house with a flat roof one block…
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It Takes a Village, But Who’s Your Village?
It takes a village to raise a child according to an African proverb. I have heard it probably dozens of times, both before and after I had a…
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From This Day Forward, As Long As We Both Shall Live
My sister-in-law Stephanie got married this past Friday. 👰🤵💒🥰 When she told me the date a couple of months ago, I almost immediately ordered a dress. We were…
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What’s Your Favorite [Fill in the Blank]?
This past Friday, Corinne’s school unexpectedly released all of the students early, and her friend Lanisa needed a ride. Instead of going home, Lanisa asked her parents if…
