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digging deeper
She was gangly. I was early. While I waited, sipping my cappuccino in a corner, I watched her. Except for one tangled strand at her temple, her thin yellow hair was pulled tightly to a bun on the top...
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just like mommy
She took the room by surprise. Or maybe it was just me. I noticed her as soon as I walked in. She had on hot pink shorts two sizes too small, and a bikini top over breasts two sizes too big. Across her...
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mom’s got the gun
She was gangly. I was early. While I waited, sipping my cappuccino in a corner, I watched her. Except for one scraggly strand at her temple, her thin yellow hair was pulled tightly to a bun on the top...
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path to immortality — a father’s day tribute
My dad with his dad, 1956. We start out mere mortals, ’til “Father” turns son. It’s then our potential “forever” is won. We live through our children, and they on through theirs. So what will we show...
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the true meaning of the holidays
My room in Taiwan Two months after I left for Taiwan, I got a phone call. “Jess, your mom and I have something to tell you . . .” My parents were getting divorced. After nearly 28 years, my mom had...
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