Since we have no kids and my brother doesn't either, we are very lucky that C's brother and his wife produced two amazing young women, Samantha and Allison. The sisters are ten years apart, and yet somehow, really really great friends. We're really close to both of our nieces (Sam actually lived with us for …

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The first time I lived alone was my two years in grad school, in Baltimore. I had a cute little studio in a building with a lot of other Peab students. I loved it (only downside: we weren't allowed to practice there) and since I was going through a lot of growing pains, especially coming-out-of-the-closet …

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