"I felt inspired to get this for you," she said, stretching her arm across the wooden table to hand me a little square paper bag. Velvety gray with silver writing on it, representing the jewelry store where it was from—elegance was its name. My heart skipped a beat. "What? For me?"

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These days I am taken aback by beauty. I’d been working on graduating criticism in my mind. A little here and a little there; until today. I am discovering what that old mode of operation is about to be replaced with…

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