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All my life I have felt different, but in a world with a population of 6.6 billion people, is that even possible? With so many people in the world, can one person truly be unique? Surely I am not alone and none of us should be with such a significant population. Yet at some point…
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Spoiler Alert: 40 Year Allison Did NOT I heard a speaker today online that was referred to me by a friend. The speaker’s name is Malcom Gladwell, the author of the popular book ‘Blink’. He made a comment that stood out to me within the 30 minute speech as he spoke about a man. It is not…
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Chris and Yvonne It was Friday, October 17, 1997. I was 14 and a Freshman in high school. At school that day, I had been invited to my friend Jeff’s birthday party at our friend Pat’s house in Peoria near State Line Road. I asked my Mom if I could go and she said, “only…
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Where were you? Everyone always asks you where you were on days that the world “stopped?” JFK, Columbine, 9/11, etc… You typically know exactly where you were, who was there, what you were doing… Trauma is kind of “funny” like that… Tomorrow, is a day my world stopped. I will tell you exactly how, where,…
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“You’re so good with words!” “You should write…” I have heard these things for much of my life beginning in adolescence. I developed a love for language likely because my Dad had his degree in English. My Dad was my hero – the smartest man alive. This man did the newspaper’s crossword puzzle every morning…
"Tragedy"s and Comedies 