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By Lisa Falzone
Growing up in Santa Barbara, California, all I wanted to do was swim. A childhood spent playing all types of sports gave way to a focus on swimming by middle…

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- Christine Carter Love
Marguerite Grace King was a domestic worker from the deep South who cleaned office buildings for a living. For many, this meager job was merely an income, but for

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- Cynthia Bestemann
Sometimes when the absolutely, most horrible thing happens to you, a beautiful gift eventually reveals itself. You must try to stay open to see the signs. When I was

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- Amy Siskind
When I graduated from college, and during a long career on Wall St., I never would have guessed where my life would take me. I like to say I

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- Judy Zocchi
When I met David, the love of my life, he said something very startling to me. He told me he didn’t think he would live past age 40. His

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- Dawn Massabni
My daughter Madalyn “Maddy” was adventurous and full of life. Her laugh was infectious and when she walked into a room, everyone knew Maddy had arrived. Born and raised

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- Lynn Regan
Looking back, the worst day of my life was also the day that began the journey of getting my son back. My drug addicted son, Daniel, had spiraled out

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- Suzanne Lecht
As I grew up in rural Kansas, I could not have imagined in my wildest dreams the course that my life would take. My journey to becoming an art

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- Sophie Stach Virgilio
I begin my book, Goat in the Attic, with a note about my Mamusia, Aunt Katherine. . . As a child, I always thought Aunt Katherine was my Mother.

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- Rehmah Kasule
Who could have imagined that after growing up in a village in Uganda, I would have met President Obama or that I would now be participating in the Advanced

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- Celine Peyraud
I was born in Switzerland in 1980, a very sporty and temperamental little girl. During my teenage years, I first studied languages, then sociology and political science and eventually
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