A Waltz of Words

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As a young child, Hazel baffled everyone around her because she did not utter a word until she was five. Instead, she devoured books. Hazel’s first word was “No”, when her father threw a chair at her mother.

Even in that moment, her mother, a dancer, was heartbreakingly elegant. Hazel watched as she dodged the chair, leaned back on her heels and sidestepped the splinters. When her mother whisked her from the floor to safety, Hazel…