Hitting the Road Until he picked up golf much later in life, my father seemed happiest behind the wheel of a car. It didn’t matter …
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My father did the crossword every evening when he came home from work. I think solving puzzles helped him wash away the day. He’d fold …
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The grieving never stops. That much I can tell you. With certainty. It hits you when you see their name… on an old email, a …
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The sound of pain is universal. You do not need to understand the language of the words when the wailing the tone the texture of …
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“Into the clockwork universe the quantum child. Why doesn’t every mother believe her child can change the world? The child can. This is the joke. …
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