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The Essence of Immortality
When I took a DNA test at Penn State in 2014, I didn’t plan to explore my family tree. I just figured I’d give my spit sample for the study and learn a little about …
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Unboxing Challenge — Day 10: This Guy
Four years ago, I randomly thought, “I want a handsome guy to hang out with.” Took the universe approximately one hour to deliver on that one: I returned “home” to the hostel where I was …
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Unboxing Challenge — Day 6: My “Baby” Cat!
Everybody has the sweetest cat in the world. So do I! Here’s my uncommon tribute: When she was a kitten, I adopted her BECAUSE she was so visibly ill. My ex and I had intended …
Choosing Not to Say Good-Bye
Once upon a time, I said “good-bye” to a friend. Except I didn’t: I didn’t actually say the words. I was planning on moving to Germany, he had already established his life in another country, …
“Nutty” Twin Flames
Last month, I had a session with my friend who is a medium. My grandparents did most of the talking. At one point, my grandfather showed my friend the image of two peanuts in a …
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Love as a Choice
I have been reflecting a lot lately, and especially this week, on arranged marriages. And I’ve recalled a story of an arranged marriage from within my own family history, where two sweethearts were forbidden …
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Reflections from Auschwitz: Part 2
“For the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth — that …
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Love, in the dark
In Kraków. Yesterday, around lunchtime, as I hiked across town to get from one walking tour to another, I suddenly caught myself smiling — in the ghetto. I had let my mind wander, and, …