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The Curious Case of the Very Fit Facebook Lady
She inhabits my Facebook newsfeed. Claiming to be in her 70s, she posts daily Reels showing herself performing vigorous exercises — step aerobics, weight lifting, advanced yoga asanas, or some combination of the three. Anyone who takes only a brief look at her videos might assume she is in her 20s. In fact, many 20-year-olds Read more
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Dad Would Have Liked Her Better
An email alerted me that my DNA analysis report was ready to view. When I logged on to Ancestry.com and clicked on my DNA matches, there she was. The first person on my list of matches surprised me. I expected to see an aunt or cousin listed there—someone I knew. The first entry, however, was Read more
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Overcoming the Dread
My inability to sleep on Sunday nights began when I was 13. After a weekend away from middle school, I lay in bed anticipating the week ahead. A test is coming up. That girl in gym class is waiting to bully me again — to shout at me that I’m no good at basketball; I’m too prissy; Read more
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Vacationing Old
The shuttle bus eased to a stop. As the doors slid open, everyone rushed to deboard. Everyone, that is, except me. I had learned to stay out of the way. By Day Three of a four-parks-in-four-days whirlwind adventure at Disney World, I knew that if I tried to leave whatever conveyance I was on in Read more
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Dream or Visitation? One Dreamer’s Musings
In my dream, my father sits in his rocking chair on the screened-in porch at the house where we lived long ago when I was a child. My mind casts the scene in sepia–a time and place from my childhood recreated in yellowed tones, shades of brown deepening to gray. A scene composed of memories Read more
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How to Crash Land into Genealogy (and Deal with the Fallout)
First, steel yourself. If you’re like me, you will find out things about your family that will shock you. You may learn that some of your ancestors were not who you thought they were, and that consequently you are not who you thought you were. You may discover that your family tree is filled with Read more
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