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Blue Butterfly
When Marisa and I were in our mid-twenties, we took what was then a relatively inexpensive trip to Fiji and Australia. You know the kind, the package deal, 9 days airfare and hotel for something like $900. The affordability was due to it being our summer and their winter but we didn’t know any better. Continue reading
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Betrayal
I tread slowly crunching across the multicolored fall leaves of the sprawling university campus. I’m enroute to a surprise meeting at the sports psychologist’s office which conveniently sits inside of the daunting athletic complex of Division 1 NCAA sports. It smells faintly like baking bread outside from the local ethanol plant which helps fuel the Continue reading
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The Miracle Invitational
Cousin Cloud and I sit huddled, comrades in arms, on the soft grey family room carpet of our woodsy Minnesota summer lake cabin. The talent portion of the annual Merickel Invitational Family Tennis Tournament is underway. Cloudy, nearly a teenager, giggles and points at Grandma who can be glimpsed from behind the glass double doors Continue reading
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