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Jan 2

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Diamonds on My Windshield

Finding Oneself — A Story From the Mountain

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The year was 2003. In the process of a divorce from a bad marriage, he was living in an apartment, having turned the house over to a soon-to-be ex-wife. He didn’t want his daughter forced to move and live in an apartment. Better him.

The apartment was a small, simple, furnished 2 room place, located directly above the…

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