After a lunch of sandwiches and potato chips, Mara sat on the log between Sam and her mother, comparing notes on their respective counterparts.
“Sam says I’m very similar to your mother,” Diana said.
Mara nodded and said, “I would say so. She’s open-minded and tends to embrace what some would call fringe beliefs. She meditates and uses crystals to focus her thoughts. Many of her friends believe in reading auras, psychic healing and other New Age concepts.”
“And you have embraced these as well?”
“I wouldn’t go that far. It would be more accurate to say that I tolerate them. Which, for me, is progress. A year ago I could be quite antagonistic to anything that couldn’t be proven through traditional science or technology.”
“Sound like you are quite similar to my Mara. Despite my beliefs a
