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Today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. In honor of my ancestors, I\u2019m grateful to have this short piece up at Complete Sentence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Haigazn Family circa 1914. Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. In honor of my ancestors, I\u2019m grateful to have this short piece up at Complete Sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19],"tags":[122,120,121],"class_list":["post-2507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memoir","tag-ancestors","tag-armenian-genocide","tag-geraniums"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/laurarink.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Haigazn-family-best.jpg?fit=2995%2C2272&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6RxKM-2507","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6766,"url":"https:\/\/laurarink.com\/wp\/publication-announcement-sometimes-they-say-yes\/","url_meta":{"origin":2507,"position":0},"title":"Publication Announcement\u2014Sometimes They Say Yes!","author":"Laura Rink","date":"July 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019m excited to share the reprint of an essay dear to my heart, \u201cGeraniums\u201d on Short Reads. 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