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What happens in Vegas NEVER stays in Vegas. Exploring how personal history shows up in everyday life.
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#FridayQuestion: If you could change your name, what new name would you pick? (opens the original)
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{For those who are new here, the weekly #FridayQuestion is a way to build community, learn about each other and share lived experiences. We have more in common than we think.}In middle school, I took French and at the start of each school year, students could choose a “French” name. Liz could be Elizabeth! and David could be David! But why be Elizabeth when I could be Monique! Same fun game when I was at Miss Hall’s with Madame Jalbert but then I became Raquel! Why was I drawn to “Monique!” or “
#FridayQuestion: What is something that shouldn't be beautiful but is? (opens the original)
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{For those who are new here, the weekly #FridayQuestion is a way to build community, learn about each other and share lived experiences. We have more in common than we think!}.Missy was a woman I knew from my early days in Durham when we were both volunteering at Dress for Success Triangle. We worked at several of the DFS excess inventory sales and grew close outside our volunteer time. Missy lived in Wake Forest, I’m in Durham and yet we managed a few times a year to meet for long lunches, usua
#FridayQuestion: Where do you take the easy path instead of the "right" one? (opens the original)
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When Heather mentioned this question to me, I immediately thought of a handful of areas where I take the easy route over the “right” one.I read Matt’s daily news round up WTFJHT instead of reading actual news stories. And on his off days, oh well, I don’t know what’s happening at all.I have sent gifts unwrapped instead of wrapping, then shipping.I’m known to eat an easy, less filling breakfast instead of having a protein like an egg.Someti
#FridayQuestion: How long does it take you to decide if you like someone or not? [POLL] (opens the original)
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September is apparently Friendship Month! So let’s talk about what happens before we get to be friends…According to an often cited 2018 study from The University of Kansas, “it takes roughly 50 hours of time together to move from mere acquaintance to casual friend, 90 hours to go from that stage to simple “friend” status and more than 200 hours before you can consider someone your close friend.” No wonder making friends is so hard!! It takes a serious time investment. <blo
For forty years, I was silent. (opens the original)
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cw: indecent exposure.“Often to understand, we have to look into emptiness.” - filmmaker Michelangelo Antonini A few days before a trip to Amsterdam, writer Lola Lafon copied the above words into a notebook. For her only evening in the city, she will spend the night at the Anne Frank House. When Lafon arrives there, she unpacks a few belongings and settles into spare silence. For a museum there is precious little to actually take in. But Lafon is not there as a sightseer. I cannot return to the
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