Part 5 I sallied forth to visit my parents this past week. Travel didn’t used to be a big deal. I was raised in a road-trip-taking family. We drove all night, listening to late night radio. We hiked over the …
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I don’t care who you are or how romantic your story, even if it’s a fairytale come true. Everyone who’s married faces the challenge of marital harmony. Two broken people living together in a lifetime relationship presents a difficulty in …
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The decoding of the human genome and, as a result, the development of DNA tests provide answers to those most basic of questions: Who am I? From whence did I come? Our families have defined us, passing on their genes, …
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I had a dream! I would create a family exactly like the family of my maternal grandparents. My family would live all around me, nearby so they could visit often. Our home would be filled with laughter. Harmony would reign. …
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During the Civil Rights movement my parents were attending college, then a hotbed of student activism, and I was in grade school. Because of what was happening in the world at that time, I was very aware of the national …
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