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What I Miss

Every winter, I go through a terrible homesickness for Florida. Specifically, for the following reasons: These turkeys– Also, I miss how you can’t throw a stick without hitting fresh citrus. It’s everywhere, and it’s delicious. There’s simply no replacement for fresh citrus. I miss watching launches. The excitement! The noise! The awe! And, last but [...]

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Thanksgiving

We spent this Thanksgiving with Jesse’s family in Florida. We’d originally planned to be in Charlotte with my family but after getting Jesse’s dad’s diagnosis, we quickly changed our plans. But even though we wished we were there under different circumstances, we did enjoy ourselves quite a bit. Thanksgiving day was spent at Jesse’s aunt’s [...]

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When Someone You Love Has Cancer

First, you don’t believe it. Cancer is something that happens to someone else, to some other family. Cancer is something to be sad about, something to wish cured, but it is not something that belongs in your own family. When you find out that, in fact, it is in your own family, you simply don’t [...]

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Money: We Are Officially Old

I grew up in a household where money wasn’t a taboo subject. My parents casually talked about budgets the way others might chat about the weather. I knew how much money we made as a family. I knew my parents’ spending habits. My mom gave me blank checks to play with and taught me how [...]

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Be What You Already Are

As I was lying around my parents’ house this weekend, trying to recover the ability to eat solid foods, we watched several ’90s movies on VHS that my mom had bought at a yard sale. In between bouts of some Beethoven sequel and The Little Rascals, my parents brought out a video letter I made [...]

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