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Honoring my ancestors my way

In some spiritual traditions, at this time of year, people remember and celebrate their ancestors. We acknowledge our honored dead on All Hallows Eve, Day of the Dead, and All Saints Day. I always see a lot of, “I honor my grandparents,” and “You are here because of the love of thousands” sorts of posts…

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Thoughts on July 4th

My family immigrated to the USA in the early 1970s. The first place we landed was New York City. I had never seen anything like it. It was enormous, vibrant, loud, spectacular. We moved to Michigan literally the day after we arrived and settled just outside Detroit. I acclimated pretty quickly and learned English within…