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  Puzzles

  

  By theresa43, Oakland, NJ

  We find so much pleasure in unscrambling words. Filling in numbers sequentially in boxes frustrating but undeterred we solve puzzles. We make sense of senseless crossword clues and answers that need questions. We smirk at our intelligence, our cleverness, our ability to see what is unseen. And...
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  VISIONS 2008 Peru, or The Most Powerful Learning Experience of My Life

  

  By theresa43, Oakland, NJ

  It was the day I was leaving for Peru on a three week service trip. I was not nervous about living in another country or about not having any western luxuries or about being away from my family. Yet, I woke up feeling undeniably unsettled. I went for a long run, checked and double checked by bags, r...
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  Young child,

  

  By theresa43, Oakland, NJ

  Young child, Why do you not scream Why do you sit as an old soul, waiting in a quiet chair on a proud porch waiting for some warmth, maybe a flock of children laughing, they still make you smile, They still have their innocence Young girl, you see through eyes that know death How do you st...