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The Worst Resort Ever: How My Family Turned Crisis Into Connection and Gratitude

What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year?

When my mom called her three-week hospital stay “the worst resort ever,” we laughed—a little nervously, but genuinely. That’s just who she is: tough as nails with humor for armor. The “resort” came with a 24-hour staff, questionable cuisine, and, as she joked, “the world’s least relaxing accommodations.” Her wit kept us sane when fear started to creep in.

Those three weeks stretched into months. Days blurred—in and out of the hospital, school drop-offs, late-night worry, and the exhausting act of pretending I was fine. My son picked up on my tension, his small frustrations echoing emotions he couldn’t yet name. My daughter, just learning to walk, toddled through the chaos—a daily reminder that life moves forward whether you’re ready or not.

In the thick of it, my husband was my anchor. He absorbed my anxiety without complaint, reminding me to breathe when my thoughts tangled into knots. Sometimes he listened. Sometimes he made me laugh. Always, he was there—steady, patient, grounding me when everything else felt like quicksand.

My dad carried his own quiet strength. He drove the hour to see Mom four or five times a week with a gallon of 2% milk riding shotgun. He’d take a swig now and then—old farmer habits die hard. One of my sisters often joined him, their conversations stretching across miles of highway. I joined when I could, and those drives became our therapy sessions. We talked about everything and nothing. Some days, silence said enough. His constancy humbled me—proof that love doesn’t always speak; sometimes it just keeps showing up.

Ma, on her liquid diet—when she could eat—still managed to make everyone laugh. She rated her hospital broth like a food critic. Even from a hospital bed, she made humor feel like an act of defiance.

Somewhere in the middle of all this, I found my way back to writing. What began as venting turned into something more—a way to turn chaos into meaning. When I started sharing my words, nervous but hopeful, people responded. Strangers became friends. Writing became a bridge back to others and a lifeline to myself.

Then came my sisters—the surprise support team I didn’t know I needed. What started as a group chat for Ma updates turned into our daily outlet of laughter and love. We share memes, encouragement, and family gossip, keeping each other afloat. That digital thread has become our shared heartbeat, buzzing with life even on the hardest days.

When the storm finally eased, light crept back into our days. Ma’s health steadied. My son learned patience for his big feelings. My daughter’s baby steps turned into joyful runs. My husband and I rediscovered laughter, and the house felt warm again.

The fearful year ended in gratitude—messy, exhausting, transformative gratitude. I learned that strength isn’t silence; it’s presence. Sometimes it’s cracking a joke when you want to cry or reaching for someone’s hand when you can’t stand on your own. The “worst resort ever” ended up teaching us the best lessons on love, resilience, and the healing power of laughter.

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The Morning I Screamed at an Opossum: Funny Country Life Lessons in Parenthood and Coexistence

Do you ever see wild animals?

When I opened the chicken coop that morning, I wasn’t expecting to scream. But I did—three times, to be precise. Feathers flew, the hens panicked, and my heart nearly jumped clear out of my chest. When the dust settled, I identified the culprit: an opossum, curled up in the nesting box, snoring like a tiny, gray squatter. My pulse thundered, but the little thing didn’t stir. Apparently, I was the only one on the verge of collapse.

After the raccoon incident last spring, I had reason to be jumpy. They’d once reached through a wire mesh and pulled baby chicks right out—a brutal lesson in how clever nature can be when it’s hungry. Around here, nature keeps its own rules—and they aren’t always gentle. So when an opossum showed up snoozing beside our hens, my instincts kicked in. Unfortunately, “brave wildlife wrangler” wasn’t on my resume that morning—I had to put my toddler daughter down for a nap. My sister, however, was the right person to call.

She arrived an hour later, shovel in hand, wearing the calm expression of someone who has handled worse. Without hesitation, she opened the back door of the coop, nudged the opossum awake, and guided it—shovel-first—outside. The little creature hissed in protest, baring tiny teeth, but my sister never flinched. One scoop later, it landed outside, shuffled under an old farm implement, and vanished. The hens went back to clucking. My sister went home victorious. I finished nursing my daughter to sleep, pretending this kind of thing was perfectly normal.

Truthfully, it kind of is. Our land is constantly playing host to surprise guests. The woodchucks treat the woodpile like a duplex. Raccoons stage midnight banquets and leave muddy little handprints like criminal calling cards. Deer glide across the fields, angelic in the moonlight, until morning reveals the carnage in our cornfield. It’s a full-time exercise in humility.

But over time, I’ve learned that living this close to the wild means surrendering a little control. The yard isn’t just ours; it’s a shared space with creatures who couldn’t care less about ownership or order. While raccoons steal, deer trample, and opossums nap in the henhouse, they somehow teach patience and perspective. Parenthood’s a lot like that too—messy, unpredictable, full of surprises that hiss when disturbed—but beautiful all the same.

That morning in the coop didn’t make me braver, exactly, but it made me grateful. Coexistence isn’t neat or noble—it’s loud, imperfect, and occasionally armed with a shovel. The wild doesn’t ask permission; it just shows up, dares you to scream, and reminds you that even the chaos is part of the story.

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What the World Taught Me About Home

Do you have a favorite place you have visited? Where is it?

The place I love most isn’t on any map. It’s not a landmark or an exotic beach, but it’s the center of everything I’ve learned about belonging. When I trace the path to it, I travel through every memory that once made the world feel both huge and intimate.

I remember a quiet afternoon on a Pacific beach in El Salvador—the crash of waves against the sand, the sun melting into the horizon, my first taste of discovery outside the familiar. The ocean taught me that beauty can silence everything, even thought.

In Glacier National Park, I learned that wonder thrives in stillness. My parents and soon-to-be husband and I climbed along the Going-to-the-Sun Road, chasing glaciers that remained just out of reach. A mountain goat appeared on the rocks as we paused, breathless. In that hush between sky and earth, I understood that some connections—like some landscapes—reveal their depth only in silence.

Las Vegas was the opposite of quiet. My sister and I rode an outdoor escalator lit by neon, laughing at nothing. I held a beer, feeling halfway mischievous, halfway adult. The city taught me that joy doesn’t need purpose—it simply asks to be felt.

Then came Hyder, Alaska, on our honeymoon. We walked a boardwalk beside a still river, two weeks too early to watch bears catching salmon. But the air smelled of ocean and pine, and the stillness felt earned. There, I realized peace is less a destination than a rhythm you carry home.

All those places remain with me—freedom, quiet, joy, peace—woven into the life my husband and I have built. Our home hums with life: a garden bursting with vegetables, pigs rooting in the dirt, chickens scattering across the yard, our children’s laughter rolling through the air. The world feels small here, in the best way, and full of meaning.

Sometimes, as evening settles in, I imagine a fireplace flickering in the corner—an extra measure of warmth for all that already glows. Because here, in this home stitched together from every place I’ve loved, every sunset feels both familiar and new, as if the journey never really ended—it just found its hearth.

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Curiosity in Motion

Share five things you’re good at.

When I pull a forgotten vegetable from the back of the fridge and turn it into lunch, I’m reminded of something deeper about myself. I love the challenge of making something worthwhile out of what might otherwise go to waste. That instinct—to look, think, and try again—connects many of the things I do well. My strengths don’t always fit neatly together, and each carries its complications. However, they shape how I learn, love, and live.

Self-Reflection
I’ve always been good at analyzing my actions. After any conversation or decision, my mind replays each detail. What did I say? How did people react? What could I have done differently? Self-reflection helps me grow and maintain harmony with others. The downside? I sometimes lie awake at night, stuck in loops of overthinking. But I’d rather wrestle with too much awareness than drift through life without it. Reflection keeps me grounded and connected—to myself and to the people I care about.

Making the Most of Resources
I take real pride in making something out of nothing. Whether it’s stretching a budget or reinventing leftovers, I see potential where others might see waste. Just recently, I rescued leftover turkey bound for the garbage. I turned it into turkey dumpling soup—comforting and thrifty all at once. There’s joy in transforming scraps into sustenance. Sure, a few experiments have gone sideways over the years, but most end up nourishing both body and spirit.

Love of Learning
Books have always been my favorite adventure. I devour all kinds—self-improvement, history, fiction, science—and never tire of discovering something new. My husband and I trade recommendations, and our six-year-old son has caught the curiosity bug too. Right now, he’s fascinated by the Titanic and Nova. Our living room is often alive with questions, research, and excitement. Occasionally, I crave a low-effort evening in front of a screen. However, learning rarely feels like work—it feels like fuel for my mind and heart.

Acting Quickly to Solve Problems
When a problem pops up, I seldom stay frozen. I research fast, decide fast, and act even faster. It’s a trait that propels me forward but sometimes frustrates my husband, who prefers more deliberation. One October, tired of waiting for him to pick a spot to plant garlic, I finally chose one myself. My decision complicated his spring tilling. Looking back, I smile at the reminder that progress sometimes grows out of impatience. Action, even imperfect, has its rewards.

Experimentation
Above all, I’m an experimenter. I believe life is meant to be touched, tested, and transformed. This year, I took on mushroom cultivation—because starting with one variety felt too cautious. I grew oyster, wine cap, and shiitake mushrooms. The oysters thrived, the wine caps refused to fruit, and the shiitakes are still waiting for spring. Whether something succeeds or fails, I find meaning in the process. Curiosity keeps my world growing in unexpected directions.

Bringing It All Together
Reflection, resourcefulness, learning, decisiveness, and experimentation—each one fuels the others in its own looping rhythm. Reflection deepens learning; learning sparks curiosity; curiosity invites action; and every action offers new insight to reflect upon. Being good at many things isn’t about mastering them all. It’s about staying open to possibility, allowing skill and spirit to evolve side by side.

I’d like to pass on a willingness to think, try, and turn even life’s leftovers into something worth savoring. Perhaps my greatest experiment of all is unfolding every day. I’m raising two children who see the world as one big opportunity to learn, question, and grow.

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Dawn Squats: From Midnight Cravings to Morning Magic

Are you more of a night or morning person?

I slumped against the cold brick wall on State Street at midnight. My eyes were burning from the fight against sleep. The Insomnia Cookie truck’s lights taunted me from afar—unreachable, like the night-owl life I chased in college. That defeat hit hard: forcing the night never worked. Mornings claimed me instead, through the quiet magic of family and focus.

These days, I rise before dawn into our toy-strewn living room. My gym is here amid scattered blocks that anchor me in joy like tiny talismans. My toddler daughter barrels in, giggling through wobbly squats. Her warm breath touches my knee. Chubby hands clutch a pink dumbbell toy as she beams up. It’s pure connection. Her morning spark echoes mine. My six-year-old son might stumble in yawning, like his night-owl dad, before retreating—reminding me how our family’s rhythms blend dawn and dusk in their own gentle harmony.

This ritual stirs more than muscle: in the hush afterward, thoughts spill onto the page, freer than any evening haze. Mornings sharpen my edge, as studies show with brighter moods and steady productivity. Yet it’s those vulnerable dawn bonds that truly sustain, weaving my renewal into family threads.

In this rhythm, I’ve found a profound fit: mornings honor my nature while those playful squats bridge our differences. As my daughter grows and my son claims the nights, these shared sunrises whisper that true vitality blooms where we stop resisting—inviting us each to meet the light our way.

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Harvesting Traditions

The hum of diesel engines and the scent of dusty corn fill the air every fall, signaling harvest season and long days ahead. For the local farmers, this time of year brings both relief and pressure—hundreds of acres to harvest before rain or early snow set in.

My dad is always there to help, his steady hands and decades of experience behind the wheel making all the difference. With his CDL and a lifetime spent operating heavy equipment, he’s the kind of person neighbors know they can count on when the fields demand every ounce of daylight and sometimes half the night.

This morning, he asked my six-year-old son to ride along as the corn was hauled from the field to the grain elevator to be processed. Before climbing into the truck, my son spotted a single kernel of corn lying by the road. He picked it up, studied it for a moment, and declared it his “lucky corn.” My dad just smiled, and together they climbed into the cab, a small tradition beginning in that instant.

As the truck pulled away, I realized that what my dad is teaching goes beyond driving or hard work. He’s showing the next generation what community looks like—the kind built not by grand gestures, but by showing up, season after season, when it matters most.

What traditions or small moments in your family remind you of where you come from?

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November 30, 2025

The Farmstead Paradox: How Technology Frees Us and Challenges Us

What technology would you be better off without, why?

What if I unplugged everything—just one day—and watched my farmstead world grind back to its raw roots?

Sun crests the barn at 5:45 am. No alarm jolts me; instinct pulls me up. We feed the animals, hauling water, grinding feed. We dress kids by fading lantern glow. Husband carries our daughter down the grassy footworn path to Grandma’s. I hitch the old wagon, walking our son two miles to school through dust and dawn chatter—no 10-minute car hum.

Home, I’d scrub laundry in the tub, no machine whirl. Meals bubble over wood fire, not Crock-Pot ease. Bread dough yields to muscle on the oak table, sans Kitchen Aid. No working outside the home for me. Husband swings scythe and shovel where tractors rule now; breakdowns mean hammer, anvil, firelight fixes. We could do it all—generations did. But tasks balloon from minutes to hours, bones aching, daylight devoured.

Reality snaps back: technology saves my soul. Remote work keeps me here for first words, bus arrivals, story hours no commute steals. Farm machines turn brutality into rhythm, sustaining us without wrecking backs. Humans thrived millennia hauling water, grinding grain by hand. Yet why suffer when tools free us for laughter, learning, presence?

Smartphones, though—these pocket tyrants I’d temper first. Last week, a ping ripped me from our son’s magnatile tower mid-build. “Just one email,” I thought. Half an hour vanished, his glee stolen.

Notifications shred focus; feeds erode dinner talk; blue light robs sleep. We’d survive without them, grit conquering all. But boundaries—silent family hours, apps locked post-8—restore what tech should amplify.

No full unplugging for us. We’ve glimpsed the raw possible, but embracing tools with fierce reins honors ingenuity and roots. Here on the farmstead, kids’ laughter rises under starlit skies: progress, bounded, yields the richest harvest.

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Roots Uprooted: Choosing Family Over Home

What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make? Why?

I walked the yard one last time, tracing fences and trees like scars on a lover’s skin. It’s crazy how something that once felt so familiar can suddenly feel worlds away.

The Drive That Broke Me
That two-hour drive home from Christmas just dragged on. My husband kept saying, “Our son needs cousins nearby, grandparents around the corner. Your parents aren’t getting any younger. And that family diagnosis… it’s time we really thought about what matters most.”

His words kept piling up, like snow drifting over all those years we’d spent here. I was holding tight to this quiet rural life. Meanwhile, he quietly pulled away, and the distance between us grew every year.

Roots I Couldn’t Uproot
I loved this land—finally had friends, a house that felt like mine after all that searching.

He never really settled. For him, this place felt more like a cage than a home.

The Moment Everything Changed
That family diagnosis had been hanging over us, but what really broke me was Christmas at his parents’ house. Everything felt tight, forced—smiles stretched thin, pauses filled with unspoken tension. Our son didn’t know quite what to make of it all.

On top of that, my parents’ health kept slipping. The spaces in our family were widening. Staying meant risking losing them all.

The Yes That Broke Me
We didn’t say much that night. The silence carried everything we couldn’t put into words. Finally, I just whispered, “Okay.”

No more tears left—just that stunned quiet as I wandered the yard, trying to soak in every curve, knowing I was letting go.

How It Changed Me
Leaving meant giving up on solitude and peace for family and chaos—but honestly, no regrets.

Now, I watch our son laugh and play in his grandparents’ arms. I’ve held my parents through their darker days and welcomed our daughter into this tight-knit fold.

Sometimes love means stepping back to grow deeper roots—roots that grew stronger because I chose family over place. And yeah, I still miss the quiet sometimes. But this? This is home.

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Crescents of Resilience

Do you or your family make any special dishes for the holidays?

Flour-dusted hands trembled over a bowl at 3 a.m., measuring cups snapping in the silent kitchen. Everything was a desperate attempt to summon my mother from the hospital. An undiagnosed intestinal blockage had her rejecting even water.

The family lineage traces to heavy German roots. My father’s ancestors came from Austria in the 1870s, my mother’s from northern Germany in the 1850s. Her kranz kuchen recipe endures from her grandmother’s penciled cards. Yeasted dough rolled thin, layered with my dad’s foraged hickory nuts, chopped dates, cinnamon, and brown sugar. Twisted into crescents, baked golden, and glazed, dozens emerge each year for us six daughters, neighbors, and church friends, embodying a quiet hospitality.

Last Christmas, that rhythm fractured. Hospitalized, she could not retain food; us sisters started a text string, asking one question. “What if they never pinpoint the cause?” No flour clouds rose, no yeasty warmth filled the air—only silence amplifying the dread of a holiday without her.

Insomnia seized the nights. Each fragmented update jolted awake any fragile rest. Kneading became refuge: egg yolks merging into warm, proofed milk and yeast, the dough yielding beneath palms like hope taking form. As it rose under a towel, yeast’s scent enveloped the darkness. Folding in the nuts, dates, and spice, then rolling and shaping crescents, the hands of generations guided mine.

The oven’s glow dispelled shadows; caramelized sugar perfumed the halls. Frosting traced uneven paths, mirroring hers. Those crescents transformed rupture into resilience.

A single bite of spice-laced crumb now evokes my dad’s meticulous toil, my mother’s assured fold, my midnight vigil—a resilient pastry proving adversity does not sever us but reshapes us, crescent intact. She recovered. The tradition persists. We endure.

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More Than a Meal: Raising Our Own Thanksgiving Turkeys

Gobbles and the Unmowed Lawn

Gobbles, our forty‑pound turkey, once refused to move for the lawnmower. My husband drove closer, then closer still, waiting for the bird to do the sensible thing. Gobbles didn’t budge, and that’s how we ended up with a turkey‑shaped patch of unmowed lawn—a small, stubborn monument to the wild experiment we’d started in our backyard.

A New Chapter in Backyard Farming

Chickens had already shown me that birds can be both hilarious and mean. Ducks had proven that cuteness and filth can happily coexist. A few years ago, after reading about a woman who raised her own Thanksgiving turkeys, I realized I wanted to go further. When our local hatchery couldn’t source ducklings one spring, it was a minor inconvenience. This became the excuse to bring home three turkey poults instead.

From Basement Brooder to Outdoor Coop

This time, my husband handled pickup duty. He arrived with a box of peeping chicks and poults. Their arrival turned the whole house electric with anticipation. The brooder—a repurposed water tank in our basement—waited with a heat lamp, water, feed, and a lid to contain the chaos. At first, the turkeys were only slightly larger than the chicks, all of them fluffy and awkward. Within days, though, the turkeys started to pull away. They doubled in size, then doubled again. It seemed their entire job was to eat, drink, and poop as efficiently as possible.

We lost one poult early on for reasons we never understood, and the sudden shift from three to two landed harder than I expected. It was a quiet, early lesson in how fragile life on a small farm can be. Of the survivors, one always had his feathers sticking out at odd angles, so we named him Gobbles, a little wink to anyone who’d seen South Park. The smaller bird became Jennie, after the frozen turkey brand that had defined “Thanksgiving” for us before we raised our own.

By early May, the brooder was bursting, and everyone was ready for fresh air. We tried separating the turkeys from the chickens that first night outside, but the noise they made made it clear we were fighting a losing battle. After one loud, sleepless experiment, we moved everyone into our mobile chicken coop and let them sort it out. During the day, they roamed the yard as a mismatched flock, and each evening they filed back into the coop like feathered commuters, jostling for their preferred spots.

Personality Plus: Turkeys vs. Chickens

Living with both species at once made their differences obvious. The chickens were efficient, slightly tyrannical little dinosaurs. The turkeys seemed to have missed out on common sense entirely. On Memorial Day weekend, a big storm rolled in; the chickens headed straight for shelter, while the turkeys stood in the downpour, soaked and squawking as if the rain were a personal insult.

My husband and I slogged around in the storm, alternating between laughing and swearing as we scooped them up and shoved them under cover. We were half convinced they might drown standing there or draw an eagle with all that frantic noise. By summer, their physical transformation matched their larger‑than‑life behavior. If the chickens were little dinosaurs, the turkeys were the T‑rex cousins. After about four months, Gobbles weighed around forty pounds and Jennie about twenty‑five, and both strutted like they owned the place.

Rising Stakes: Growth and Pecking Order

Gobbles clearly saw himself at the top of the pecking order, inserting his bulk into whatever drama unfolded among the hens. Jennie, despite her smaller size, regularly put the roosters in their place and even bloodied one during a particularly heated round of dominance negotiations. The same birds that made us laugh with their antics were always moving toward the date we’d circled on the calendar. Around the five‑month mark, butcher day arrived—never something we looked forward to, but the reason we’d brought them home.

Butcher Day: The Hardest Part of the Journey

My husband handled the hardest part. Once it was done, I thanked the turkeys out loud before joining the work of plucking, stepping away now and then to check on the kids. Our five‑year‑old surprised me by wanting to help, his small fingers well suited to grabbing stubborn feathers, and I felt a brief tug between pride and discomfort as I let him join in. My husband’s father arrived and the day settled into a rhythm: music playing, adults talking, drinks in hand, hands busy. The work was still heavy, but it felt shared, almost like a ritual we were inventing as we went.

By the end, we had one dressed turkey at about thirty pounds and another around twenty, lined up for the freezer like oversized, deeply personal trophies of our effort.

Preparing the Turkey for the Table

I hauled Gobbles from the freezer about a week before Thanksgiving. I set him to defrost in our unheated upstairs. He loomed silently every time I walked past. Each glance reminded me of the fluffy, clumsy poult he had been. It also brought back the long, messy chain of chores that had brought him there.

Two days before Thanksgiving, I mixed a simple brine with salt, sugar, Worcestershire, garlic, and pepper. I discovered that the only vessel big enough was our turkey fryer, minus the basket. It was a ridiculous fit, but it worked. On Thanksgiving morning, we got up early, drained the brine, patted Gobbles dry, rubbed him with salt and oil, and wedged him into a large Nesco roaster so tightly we had to shove his legs down to close the lid. Then we poured in four cans of Miller Lite and turned our attention to the rest of the meal.

Waiting for that turkey to cook felt tense and nerve-wracking. It was like waiting for an exam grade posted in front of the entire extended family. Fifteen people, one bird, no backup plan if it turned out dry or oversalted. As the scent of beer, garlic, and roasting fat filled the house, my anxiety loosened its grip. It shifted into something closer to anticipation. Even if it wasn’t perfect, it was already unforgettable.

Thanksgiving Dinner: More Than Just a Meal

When we finally gathered around the table, Gobbles was as much story as food. As everyone carved off pieces, we traded memories of his lawnmower standoff. We recalled his attempts at intimidation. We laughed at the way he used to lumber after the flock like a confused bodyguard. Conversation took on the tone of a slightly irreverent eulogy as we honored his life in the most direct way possible. We ate the bird who had once stood his ground against a mower and won. It was the best turkey I’d ever tasted, not because it was flawless, but because we knew every step that had led to that plate.

Lessons Learned and Lasting Memories

Looking back, those turkeys demanded patience when they outgrew every space we gave them. They taught us humility when plans went sideways. We needed a sense of humor. We found ourselves sprinting through rainstorms to rescue birds that were too bewildered to seek shelter. They pulled Thanksgiving out of the grocery store freezer and dropped it squarely into our own backyard. I don’t know if I’ll raise turkeys again. Every November, when I see a frozen Jennie in the supermarket, I remember Gobbles and Jennie. I think about the stubborn patch of lawn out back. I recall the season when our holiday centerpiece had a personality—and a history—all his own.

If you’ve raised turkeys or other backyard poultry, share your stories, challenges, or favorite moments in the comments below! What surprises did your birds bring? What tips would you pass on to someone thinking about raising their own turkeys?

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November 27, 2025

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