Tag: family
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Two Roads Diverged
I belong to an organization that has imploded recently. We were anxious about running a large public event after the pandemic. We divided into two camps: some of us had a lot of faith that we could pull this off and that it would be of benefit to a larger audience. Others were more cautious…
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Finishing Things
My sister-in-law Karen died this year. She had had a rare form of cancer. She fought it valiantly for some time, but her body just got tired. She was married, with three adult children – two with special needs. She had a supportive husband. She worked as a neonatal nurse. We weren’t close but we…
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Legacy
I am eight years old and leaving my parents for the first time. Leaving the country even. My grandparents are taking me on a road trip to visit my Great Uncle Carl. This is us, Carl the younger and Carl the older, at my grandparents’ home in Burlington, Ontario. You will notice in the picture…