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Please Don’t Treat My Mother Like a Leper!: How Love Can Conquer the Fear of Different

by Laura Cabanillas | Apr 1, 2018

Last year, while traveling in Greece with my husband for our wedding anniversary, we happened upon the little island of Spinalonga, a former leper colony. This tiny island is accessible only by boat, and while from 1903-1957, no one stepped foot on the island aside...

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