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naseem-rakha's picture
Feb.28.2012
I stare at a picture of a young teenager. He has brown hair. Brown eyes. A smile. He looks like a nice kid. Kind. Atheletic. I imagine him throwing a ball, first as a boy with his dad, later in little league. I imagine the young boy growing into his body and mind, struggling with the things we all...
alex-fraser's picture
Feb.28.2012
The day began pleasantly enough.  I had my breakfast, took my pills, did my lung medicine, said good morning to Son Guy, and went to work on my computer.  Half way through my Email, tooling around, my attention was taken by reports of a high school shooting at Chardon, Ohio.  I used...