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Today I have something special for you — a guest blog by Rhay Christou. A word of introduction is necessary. Some of you know that I teach at Lawson Writers Academy. Rhay is one of my fellow teachers. She wrote this to share, and graciously allowed me to reprint it here. This is a powerful…