Category: Community Life

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Humbler Yet

We were sitting around the peeled and cracking table, chatting late into the night.  It has become a common occurrence in our small dining room to see an eclectic mix of people  perched on different pieces of our patchwork furniture, trading stories and snippets about what it means to believe...

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My Most Dangerous Neighbor

My most dangerous neighbor actually died half a year ago.  I am told she was an elderly lady who used to live in the house next door.  The family didn’t want to give up the property at the time, but they didn’t want to board it up like the other...

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Changing Tires

I strained a little, twisting the car jack with my hands to crank the wheel higher.  A few mosquitoes had already landed on me and I swatted at them, trying to thin out this particularly vicious breed that lurked around the parking lot.  I flicked at one as it landed...

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From There to Here

One month ago, I went ahead and made one of the biggest, strangest, and uncharacteristically bold changes of my life. People asked me if I was crazy, warned me about being dramatic or unstable, and expressed skepticism, curiosity, and general bewilderment about my decision. In retrospect, it was one of...

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Grace!

I grew up with a mother who never took a gift… just half of an exchange.  I remember watching, with horrified amusement, a lady try to give my mom a bag of mangoes.  My mom chased her down and literally threw the bag into the open window of the car...

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Justice?

One class I had to take as a medical student was called “Sex Week” and consisted of three days of intensive exposure to human sexuality. While there were many, many things that we discussed and debated, one experience that stood out was a panel given by rape survivors. One of...