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Category Archives: Sentimental

Do you ever think about whether making New Year’s resolutions changes your behavior? Does writing down a fitness goal make you stick to it? For some, the mere act of making a list is a reminder each day to go to the gym rather than checking Netflix’s recommendations. For others, it’s something that feels like […]

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A year. So long to wait for, and yet so brief in hindsight. We feel the same as we did 365 days ago while also marveling at how much we’ve changed. Different perspectives, evolving hairstyles, more memories, and the sense of time flying. On the last day of 2018, we reflect on what’s changed, and […]

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Every family tells stories each time they gather. They laugh over memories and moments. They remember the year your brother Tommy threw up on the Thanksgiving table after your uncle forced him to try brussels sprouts. “Just try them. Take a bite. If you don’t like them, you don’t have to finish them, but you […]

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There isn’t a particular holiday gift I got as a child that stands out in memory as being the best. None have become stories told to my own child, or are laughed about over Christmas dinners with my brothers. One year, I got the Barbie Dream House and pool, but that may have been for […]

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Thanksgiving feels early this year but I’m most likely just behind. Sometimes, you can hear time passing in calendar pages flipping, a clock’s hands ticking, and the tearing of package wrappings containing new face creams that come in the mail promising to combat wrinkles. Although I lament my wrinkles and my ugly-yet-perfect-body, I’m thankful for […]

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There’s ugliness in the world. Ugliness in people; those who turn their backs on and mistreat others seeking asylum from violence and poverty. I grew up learning stories of America’s greatness – our New World stood for freedom. A melting pot of cultures and language. A place where anybody could grow up to be anything. […]

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