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Step Into the Absence

Step Into the Absence

By Maria Shriver
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The truth these days feels like a paper airplane flying across a schoolyard, fragile and fleeting. Bullies wrestle in plain sight, trading jabs and accusations. As the noise swells, the truth’s shape disintegrates before our eyes.

But if you step away from the clamor, you’ll find the truth still there. Beneath the spectacle is a power grab, and at its core is grief.

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