Tag: independent
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The Seven Faints
“I started making a list of all the times I almost died” said one of the folks at a dinner outing the other day. Something had sparked a memory of a childhood accident that had nearly killed him and he had started to ponder all the near misses with death in his life and had…
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Being Small – Not a Sheep
I’m small. I’m not a sheep. I don’t need an alpha dog to herd me around. And yet the world still can’t figure that out. When I was in school certain fellow students thought they needed to protect me, shield me from bullies or just assholes. They were well intended. But I didn’t want protection.…