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IDENTITY & PURPOSE. Explore how family stories shape us, even the ones we unearth accidentally. Not afraid to tackle some skeletons in the closet & show how to overcome those beasts.

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An accidentally retired English teacher--that vocation never disappears, so I'll just say I no longer lug my heavy bookbag through the halls of school. Uncovering years of experiences metaphorically filed & labeled, "Wisdom."