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  • A Confession of a Long Fall

    A Confession of a Long Fall

    “So high the climb, I can’t turn back now. Must keep climbing up to the clouds.” – No Doubt

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  • A Confession of a Missed Opportunity

    Dear _________, I transferred to a new school for the 4th grade – where I met you. It appeared you were the boy of everyone’s dreams. Like most of the school, you were Hispanic. But what set you apart from the other hard-looking, dark-haired boys is that you had light eyes and dark blonde hair

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  • When I Grow Up

    When I Grow Up

    “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

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  • Two Thousand Twenty

    Two Thousand Twenty

    But first, we need to finish two thousand nineteen. Doesn’t it give you the chills? We’re only 19 years into the the 21st century – we’re such babies! In less than a year we will be in the 20s again. Just like some people back in 1919 thought, and in 1819, and in 1719, and

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  • The Best Kind of Christmas

    The Best Kind of Christmas

    This year, Christmas included watching Friday the 13th, a cartoon about agnosticism, baking usual and unusual Christmas cookies, and of course, more Costco. Christmas with my family is never disappointing. I think it mainly stems from the joy we gain in spending time with each other. However, after too much time with them, you do

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