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Learning I was adopted at 43 gave me a deeper empathy for life's complexities. A chronicle of curiosity as I connect the dots of life. Healing through creating, making, and learning.

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About Unha Engels

Serial entrepreneur on a reset for a creative path to write, to make art, and to cook and to explore other joyful endeavors.

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