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The Underdogs
Last night I gifted my niece (Abby) and nephew (Wyatt) an alien themed beach ball I had gotten them as a souvenir from my recent trip to Roswell, NM. As we were playing, Abby (two years older than Wyatt) quickly turned it into a game of “whoever touches it first gets the ball.” As I Continue reading
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The Dog and the Dragon
I vividly recall a particular moment at the lunch table in grade school when a fellow student was polling everyone sitting nearby “would you rather kill a person or an animal?” WTF? Kids… amiright? To which I immediately answered, without hesitation, “a person.” I could not fathom harming a sweet, helpless animal, but even at Continue reading
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Butterflies
As I sit here trying to figure out how to start this post, I’m recalling how I felt about my life as a young teen just starting high school, and how I would feel at the end of it. I don’t know if all teens go through a phase of transformation that will end up Continue reading
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The cosmos inside
Growing up, I always wondered why people went through so-called “midlife crises.” It never made sense from a young mind that people would be so unhappy with their lives they would want to drastically change them in some way. The reality is, a person never really understands what life is like at any given age Continue reading
