Searching for Blue Skies Before and After September 11
Lessons in looking at the dark and light sides of human nature
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16 min readSep 10, 2019
April 1976
I am four years old. I am standing in the bedroom of Melinda’s ranch house. We are friends from preschool. Proudly, she holds a framed photograph so I can take a closer look. In the photo, she wears a beautiful lace and…