I Am My Mother’s Daughter

I Am My Mother’s Daughter

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Getting Real With Shadra Bruce I loved my mom, and these almost six years without her have only served to make me realize how integral she was to my life. But, as a teen and young adult, we were as capable of butting heads as we were of being close friends. For so...
I Am the Self in Self-Cleaning

I Am the Self in Self-Cleaning

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Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra Domestic living isn’t glamorous, and is often taken for granted. But the trash doesn’t magically disappear, toys don’t dance back into toy boxes, clothes don’t clean themselves, and meals don’t fall from the sky like so much manna....
Roses from the Divine Mother

Roses from the Divine Mother

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Getting Real With Lisa Van De Graaff Last week, I received darshan from Amma. Amma is a living Hindu saint, an incarnation of the Divine Mother. She delivers her blessing with an embrace, a hug unlike any hug I’ve ever experienced. While I don’t consider myself to be...