Category: My Platform/Why I Write
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Puberty—A Search for Meaning
Puberty began a search for meaning in my life. I think most people round this age begin to examine the same question.
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Gotta Have a Dream
I wanted to live an adventurous life, no matter the risks. I wanted to experience what I read about in books. That dream was a major part of what enabled me to get past what I faced in the present.
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Find Joy Where You Can
We found escape and joy wherever we could: in books, imagination, music, food, arts, nature, and holidays.
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For the Sanity of Our World
A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds in the United States.
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Letting Difficult Decisions Slide By
I don’t think he planned ahead on separating us from everyone he trusted. He just did it. One person at a time. That is what perpetrators do.
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Nature is my Refuge
Nature is so big, so grand, so all-encompassing, that Dad seemed puny compared to it. As did my problems.