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"Human stories impact other humans. They move us, challenge us, help us see another perspective, help us feel heard, understood, or to understand others. "

With any luck at all people will actually remember what they've read, and perhaps think about those perspectives and understandings as they move forward.

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There are personal essays I read years ago that I still think about. That is the hope--that we write something people will remember and think about.

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We all hope that we're going to touch someone's life and, if we're really lucky, make a difference. That's what keeps us writing.

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