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It was the witching hour when I started writing, early morning on April 28th. Something in the air felt familiar, like a chord struck from a song I hadn’t heard in years. I couldn’t stop thinking about that day—April 28th, 2016.That morning, I sat with a family member and said the words I never imagined…
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The blue suitcase isn’t something new I’ve talked about. I began mentioning it a few years back before the pandemic. Why is the blue suitcase so important to me? Why am I now, again, talking about it? The answers are simple. I strongly believe that to understand where we are today is because of the…
