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Kevin Brennan's avatar

A brilliant unfolding, I was gripped in the unfolding and loved your closing commentary.

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Andrew Plainview's avatar

Wowowow - I just took a much needed break from life in texas. Thanks for the immersion I experienced in this essay.

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Richard Jones's avatar

A great narrative! Your experience is not altogether unusual although we had great staff and never lost anything except to the fake electricity meter reader complete with receipt book!

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Rick Lewis's avatar

Yes, I loved this story Melissa. It's a window into the work you're doing and challenges you're navigating that makes things so real. It's a raw struggling world outside of our convenient North American bubble. I only made one trip to India, but I'm reminded of it here.

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Dr. Lyssa Menard's avatar

Powerful story! It’s hard to trust after someone violates your trust this way and equally easy to understand how it happens in this environment. Living with contradictions...

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Chris James's avatar

I loved this, thanks for writing and sharing

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Kyle Schutter's avatar

Thanks for writing this.

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