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A thousand tiny humble things

When I was younger, I was overtaken by premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in a way that sometimes made me nervous to get in the car for fear I might do something impulsive when PMS was behind the wheel. I made an appointment with my OB/GYN but […]

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Scene 4 — Rabbit

Greg Pickle was the first kid I knew who had real life tragedy strike. We were in third grade when his mom crashed the car and killed his little sister and crippled him. He would forever after walk with a limp. And I would look […]

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Grace

Grace Deidre’s worried. I can see it in the set of her mouth as she fills out the medical leave forms. The crash and burn has finally come, the groundwork having been steadily under construction for a good several years — a priming of the […]

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