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My mother had lots of meaningful sayings pearls of wisdom which she can sadly no longer share with me “Your luck begins if, not when, you’re born to the right parents.” As a child I often thought how life would be different if I hadn’t been born to the parents who bore me Would I have still been given glorious opportunities to grow up in comfort to be educated travel the world speak my mind freely to pursue passions? I could have been born like my great grandparents grandparents in Europe during a time of war of famine of depression of war of hate How can I really, truly begin to understand being a refugee the horrors of war separated from family perpetually starving scared? I have been too privileged to feel as if I could possibly have survived a life filled with insecurities where one must be brave where one must be strong to survive to endure
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Eva KaplanSea glass, found on beaches, is naturally worn and smooth by tide and time,. As a wife, mother, Bubbe, teacher, reader & life-long learner, and of course, sea glass collector, I aspire to use writing to help me understand myself and the world around me. Archives
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