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High school was pretty hard for me.  It was better than middle school, though.  I remember thinking what a blessing it would be, going from Metcalf Middle School to North Kingstown HS, because so many people would be there that I wouldn’t have to endure the constant barage of insults, teasing, and outright hatefulness of [...]

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When I was a kid, my mother divorced my father, and then, a couple of years later, he simply ‘disappeared’ from our lives. Never wrote..never called. No contact, and though my mother was relieved–she was always worried that he might try something, theirs wasn’t a good marriage–I always felt that missing part. [...]

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So a year ago today, I started on an internship in Northern VA. I didn’t have to be there until 10, but it’s a good METRO hike, so I was out the door at 8:30. There was something weird going on, some sort of buzz on the train, there were a very few [...]

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