Beauty Business

When we first moved in, Mom wanted to hang a poster-sized picture of herself in the livingroom. We eventually persuaded her to put it in her bedroom, where it wouldn’t be the first picture guests saw when they walked through the front entrance. Some people have portraits of their forefathers hanging on the walls. The [...]

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Light to Light, Light to Dark

There is a saying in my first language, often repeated around the house: “Light near light becomes light, light near darkness becomes dark.” The saying is about proof of influence, expressed in visual terms. So like some minor historians, my parents looked back on the company I kept as if describing epochs and eras of [...]

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the price is right

One price you pay for eternity is trying to right all the perceived wrongs. I think it means never to exact revenge, never punishing children for their parents’ slights. It means being honest and admitting when you are wrong. You admit that you looked at yourself and the world around you and only saw the worst motives and [...]

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