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by Vannga Nguyen - November 14, 2004
As you reflect on your life thus far, what has someone said, written, or expressed in some fashion that is especially meaningful to you? Why?
A soft humming fills the quiet kitchen as she picks up another potato. Calmly, casually, almost lovingly, she guides a smooth steel blade under the thin, textured surface, and a perfect strip of skin falls onto the cutting board. Each stroke of the knife is uniform, effortless, like breathing. My grandmother, eighty-two-years old, and I sit…
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