Borrowed courage from unfamiliar hands The first person you ever met was a stranger. You didn’t know her voice, her face, or the meaning of the hand that held you steady while the world rearranged itself around your first cry. She knew you long before you arrived. You knew her only after you needed her. … Continue reading Before Friends, There Were Strangers
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Catch-Up in Progress…
A backbencher’s overdue reply to time, technology, and friendship. The other day, while earnestly pretending to “network” on LinkedIn (read: lurking), I sent a message to an old college classmate. You know those contacts you scroll past 37 times and finally think, Ah, what the heck. Let me say hi before our fingers get too … Continue reading Catch-Up in Progress…
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