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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • Jun 27, 2019
    • 4 min

    A Tribute to Lawrence Lewis

    Knowing that you have a safety net to catch you is a different kind of feeling  It’s a concrete kind of confidence emboldening the lens...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • Jun 20, 2019
    • 1 min

    A Tribute to My Father: The First Man I Ever Loved

    How do I clearly articulate what you mean to me? How do I narrow a list of so many stories down? How do I choose? How do I tell them I am...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • Jun 20, 2019
    • 4 min

    A Tribute to Dr. Hugh Derby

    My dad was an exceptional man and I was, and am, so proud to be his daughter. He was a physician who dabbled in woodworking. He traveled...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • Jun 19, 2019
    • 1 min

    A Tribute to Marc Higdon

    As kids of divorce, I think you can go one of two ways. You either want nothing to do with marriage or you have all these ideas about how...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • Jun 17, 2019
    • 3 min

    A Tribute to Johan Blok

    My parents both left Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and studied at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands where they met, learned a new...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • Jun 11, 2019
    • 3 min

    A Love Note to G.: A Tribute to Giovanni Franco

    I was so honored and pleased to write this love note to Giovanni. He is a great dad and partner. I want everyone to know how amazing he...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • Jun 11, 2019
    • 5 min

    A Bridge Beyond Sorrow: A Tribute to Otis Brock III

    The “strong father” is a constant, a central motif in my family’s story. The patriarchal foundation that undergirds my lineage is so...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • Jun 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    A Tribute to Will

    This Father’s Day season, I have an unusual joy. Having lost my own dad 7 years ago, it’s typically been a day of grief and pain. But...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • Jun 10, 2019
    • 4 min

    A Tribute to Alfred Clayborne

    You have just received what is possibly the worst news of your life. Your incredible and devoted wife of 21 years, mother to your 9...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • Jun 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Tribute to Jeff Kinrich

    “I don’t want to be one of those guys,” my husband said to me. “I want to be home for dinner with our kids, every night.” We didn't have...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • Jun 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Tribute to Dr. Wilbert D. Hawkins

    Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded,...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • Jun 4, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Tribute to Harold Stevenson

    If I had to guess my father’s love language growing up, I would say it was quality time. He would spend time with me and others with care...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • May 31, 2019
    • 3 min

    A Tribute to Bobby

    Dear Bobby,⁣⁣ While we remember very different versions of my childhood, one thing we agree on was⁣⁣ the story of me going off to...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • May 30, 2019
    • 1 min

    A Tribute to Julie

    It would have been very easy to choose my own mother as the woman who has most inspired me as a mother, which is true.  But there is...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • May 28, 2019
    • 3 min

    A Tribute to Bobbie Jean

    I recently read a quote that said, “Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.” Fortunately for me, my life came with...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • May 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Tribute to Sherry Freeman

    My mom is my greatest example of unconditional love and self-sacrifice. My mother was 16 going on 17 when I was born, and she was...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • May 21, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Tribute to Kathy Lloyd

    At 43 years old, well into my career, and with plenty of life experience under my belt, it never ceases to amaze me how much I still rely...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • May 16, 2019
    • 3 min

    A Tribute to Marion Fowler

    May 1, 2018, I nervously walked into my Mother’s hospital room and saw her. She had been viciously attacked by two Pit Bulls the night...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • May 14, 2019
    • 1 min

    A Tribute to Ivy Brandon

    On March 23, 2001, I was brought into this world and introduced to my mother, Ivey Brandon. She has taken care of me for the past 18...

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    Dedan K. Bruner
    • May 9, 2019
    • 4 min

    A Tribute to Kara Benton

    I met Kara over 20 years ago. I was taking summer school classes at the local “Harvard on the Highway” AKA community college and, for...

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