Tag: stories
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Books: A Lifelong Love Affair
CALL ME A BOOKWORM My brother was the first person to call me a “bookworm.” He said it affectionately, watching me curl up in our parents’ living room armchair. I was maybe seven or eight years old and I remember I was rereading my then-favorite book: a historical fiction novel about a boy living in…
ashleyne seitz
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The Influence Principle: How Others Shape Our Lives
WHAT’S THE INFLUENCE PRINCIPLE? This week I’ve been thinking about how many of us believe we’re unique, self-made individuals with our own opinions, ideas, likes, and dislikes. But have you ever considered how much impact other people’s preferences have on our lives? Whether it’s friends, ancestors, coworkers, or significant others, our daily lives are shaped…
ashleyne seitz
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Blocks Under My Desk Chair
My mother tells me that my grandfather used to say, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” And this week, necessity caused me to invent. I put blocks under my desk chair. You see, many months ago I was hanging out at the gym. My friends were talking about their hands (I dunno, it’s the gym,…
ashleyne seitz
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One Hundred Lives
Sometimes I feel like I’ve lived 100 lives already. And it has to do both with my life circumstances and the people in it. I’ll be here, in the present of my current life, and someone will say something that reminds me of someone I used to be. And then I have to decide. Do…
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A Legacy
My grandmother is 93 years and 1 day old today. I’m not one of those millennials who thinks they’ll never be 40, or that 40 is “old,” thereby making everyone over 40 feel like a relic. In fact, I don’t even think of 93 as old. But when I think about my grandmother being alive for 93…