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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…
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“Three May Keep a Secret, If Two of Them are Dead”
Benjamin Franklin is pretty well-known for the quote in the headline. Another one that I read while I searched for quotes about keeping secrets was from an Italian…