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May 2021
11m 24s

Stepping into the unknown, by Rohan Guna...

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Standing at the door of the airplane, a new thing called “snow” swirling around her, Rohan’s mom is about to take a momentous step – making a life change that reverberates down the generations. A meditation about the steps we take when the outcome is uncertain.

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