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It changed for me.

6/13/2020 As I am mainlining news, and sorting through the weird dreams overnight….. first the covid from when we first got back from the cruise… work changes, living changes, missing people, health worries…. And now over two weeks of protests that have brought things up…. Fragments of flashes of life as a teenager through my early 20’s….. As an elementary and starting junior hi I didn’t really understand racial tensions… I had friends of all varieties. The most unusual thing would have been “boat people” a concept which I didn’t really understand. I liked the kids I met who joined mid school year, worked through language challenges and became friends with them. I grew up honestly believing people are people and animals have souls and all life is sacred. no one could talk me out of those beliefs. People tried. When I started into my teens I started to notice not everyone “knew” these things. I believed other people would see things as I did if they were talked to...