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The bravest

One of the most quoted lines from Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend is this: “You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are.”  I’m so glad that so many readers have become attached to this sentences, because it is one…

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The secret to being brave – revealed by a six year-old girl

I took the kids to McDonald’s on Thanksgiving morning, thinking that this would be a win-win-win for the entire family. I would eat an Egg McMuffin and get some work done. The kids would eat pancakes and play in the PlayPlace. Elysha would have some time at home alone to read and relax. And for…

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Pope Francis’s unprecedented accessibility is admirable, but I wouldn’t call it brave.

In an effort to be more accessible to the people, Pope Francis has forgone much of the security that the Vatican recommends and that his predecessors used with regularity, including bullet proof vehicles and large numbers of highly visible security personal. This has resulted in some tense moments for church officials, including last week’s papal…

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