All life is precious

The American Red Cross states: “There’s an emergency need for blood. In just an hour of your time, you can help save up to three lives.” This week, once again, I donated blood to the American Red Cross. Eight donations is a gallon of blood. I have donated 136 times…

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Just as I am

Today on my way to work I saw three people with impossibly red hair. People put on makeup, paint their nails, cover themselves with tattoos, and pierce their ears, noses, and tongues. I keep trying to curl my straight hair; others struggle to do the opposite. And who doesn’t at…

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