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When I graduated with my BA in 1990, I was 5 months pregnant with my son Arin. The Johnston Center at the University of Redlands has a small, intimate graduation ceremony where students get to choose who presents them their diplomas, and I chose two people who were (and are) deeply important to me: my dad, and one of my professors, Kevin O Neill. When Kevin spoke about me, he said that normally he would be upset to see a student graduating pregnant, but he didnt feel that way about me; he said I was more capable of love than anyone he knew, and then he handed me a copy of Love in the Time of Cholera. His belief in my journey toward motherhood, combined with the gift of the book, my first taste of Marquez, continues to be one of the best presents Ive ever received.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:48:08 +0000

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