It starts sometime in elementary or middle school–a romantic or more-than-friendship interest in another human being. And once it starts, it rarely seems to stop. Flirtation. Crushes. First boy/girlfriends. Unrequited obsessions. Dates. Romances. Relationships.  In recent weeks I’ve found myself in a recurring conversation. It started with my sister and best friend. In one of our daily WhatsApp conversations she commented that she’d had X number of relationships in her lifetime and reflected on their…

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I have a confession to make: I don’t watch news. In fact, I would say I generally avoid the news. If you asked me what was going on in the world these days, I would be sorely uninformed. The only news I tend to encounter is what Facebook friends mention or share, and that which shows up in my News Feed.  That is how I came upon this article recently, posted by a girlfriend, about…

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