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Gratitude

A second chance at work, a shared meal in the classroom, a helpful stranger at a rest stop

An Indian immigrant, an oil-company man, a bicycle-riding nomad

Sneaking cartoons, escaping into a sitcom, watching the election results

A coded diary, a box of letters, a closed bedroom door

A beloved professor, an Olympic gymnast, a Broadway star

A family business, a workplace lifeline, a reminder of home

Breaking a leg, giving birth, suffering for beauty

A memorial, an act of rebellion, a reminder of survival

Meeting a spouse, rediscovering an ex, matching with yourself

Mushrooms in the desert, pot on a family vacation, black hash on a nuclear submarine

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