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It was probably early morning but it felt like the middle of the night when we were awakened by the guards. We had only been...

Toward the end of her life, Mom really loved two actors — Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman.

Faye Harris: Genes arent everything when it comes to family By Faye Harris Half-sisters and half-brothers don’t look anywhere near half of anything when they’re raised with the previous "wholes." At least it was like that in my case. Dad married this much younger woman, and she had plans for her own children. For my stepmother, I was a built-in babysitter as she racked up two girls and two boys of her own. Even today, with my youngest half-brother celebrating his 70th birthday, he still lo...

The First Acquaintance With A Part It’s the middle of summer, but of course there’s rain. Clouds race past, covering and uncovering the moon. Iph’s high heels squish with water, insult to the blistered injuries that are her feet. Her mother’s cashmere sweater, already two sizes too small, is now a second skin. She stops at a wide, busy street that might be familiar if she’d remembered her glasses. But those, along with her purse, are far away, sitting innocent and hopeful on the white...