Tuesdays@Starbucks

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Music brought her back

She is multi-talented. Sports were big with her. She loves the outdoors and being in the scouting movement. Music plays a big part in her life. She uses the written word to express herself. The visual arts, however, are something else. It’s the closest to her self-expression.

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Man with four families

His life as an adult has challenged him four times over. Born and raised in Amman, where life was not nearly as complicated as it is today. Everybody came from the same culture and spoke the same language. His values came from his family, his house, and his tribe. He grew up not thinking as an individual but as part of a collective.

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Her ex lives next door

She fell in love and got married against her parents’ will. He wasn’t Lebanese. Foreigners divorce quickly, her parents thought. They resisted but eventually accepted. He was 27, and she was 21. Foolishly in love, they married to be with each other. Five years later, they had their first child, Jazz, and Sky came 3 years later.

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9 lessons from a 12-year-old

She wants to become an actress because she likes to make people laugh. She would also love to become an interior designer. She thinks she won’t be good at it because geometry is challenging. She knows when something is isosceles, though. Everyone has their own taste, and she likes showing her taste.

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Gus: Son of Martha

His hard, strong face does not invite you at first. You would think he’s intentionally balancing his wife’s wild and loud side. This South African coconut has the most hardened shell with the sweetest and most tender inside. The Beiruti city boy is essentially a Lebanese strong-handed mountain man.

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Soul-Searching Ziad

It took a few weeks before we started talking. Ziad would sit on one end, and I would be on the other. Whoever shows up earlier on a given morning takes dibs. I’m unsure how we started; I like where we are today. Some souls come in and embrace you. Some stay; some dwindle, leaving smiles behind.

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All-in Corinne

Raising a child was more difficult than Corinne imagined. Especially the way she goes about it and how involved she gets. She started working right after college. Then, she decided to become a full-time mom as soon as she got pregnant and for the first three years of her daughter’s life.

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Laser-focused Ralph

From where I was sitting, I saw this person immersed and taking notes on his iPad, highlighting in yellow and underlining. I’ve been eyeing the iPad for a while, deciding whether to get one. I ask: “Is this the 11” or 12.9"?” He looks up, takes a second, and puts on the biggest smile. I recognized him.

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Tati the Yogi

She’d walk in, order her coffee, head to her usual seat, open her choice of the book of the week, and read away. Two to three hours later, she’s still at it. Earbuds in. Sometimes not. She comes across as fresh, quiet, introverted, and a deep thinker.

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