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My heart aches reading your story, which I can appreciate because of my own story. Thank you for opening the door now . . . stories can help people heal and we never know how, when, or where.

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Thank you. As a writer with a small “w,” I seek to open doors of memory and experience in my life. One moment, one can find acceptance in a particular subject and the next moment, especially upon politically self-critiquing, an unacceptable attitude materializes. It goes with the clam chowder.

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Heather, the ever historian scholar, has 10 primary sources studied for this one story. I read only one — Barry Goldwater’s acceptance speech. Wow. Lengthy. I praise her ability to examine and write. I’m glad I’m just an occasional satirist and fun poker. I could never delve so deep as Heather does.

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The internet has opened up our ability to access historical documents like never before. I love reading the text of speeches, old newspapers etc. The first hand stuff is really enlightening!

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