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Healing

Your wound is probably not your fault, but your healing is your responsibility. At some point you need to let go and move on, and look at what you can change in the present.- Kate Orson Positively Purging-I welcome your … Continue reading

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Why Not?

“There are no right answers. But there is a right question. It’s the one that rubs up against our self-righteousness, resistance and fears… when … you may find yourself in motion, across a vivid landscape, over impossible mountains and beyond … Continue reading

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Our Sweet Memory

There are few things I love more than cake. My family didn’t have much money while living in India, but whenever I asked, “Whose happy birthday is it?” my uncle, Shyam, would say it was his, then splurge on a … Continue reading

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Thank you

I texted my father — our first message in months — asking if the link he had sent to an online photo album was real. He said it was. I selected the first photo: Two-year-old me, smiling wide, nestled in … Continue reading

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Truth Is…

Black people are raised to acknowledge that every system they encounter is stacked against them, “You have to try twice as hard to get half as far,” “they are all waiting for you to fail,” and “you don’t get second … Continue reading

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