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When I meet a couple for the first time, I often will ask how the ... 

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You hang around in hospitals long enough, and you find it’s a different world. Take the bathrooms, for instance. Who ever thought that a bathroom could be a “hands off” kind of place? But it is.

Yo ... 

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Sunday morning as I showered and washed my hair, large chunks of the hair fell out, and some loose gobs got stuck in the hair that was still attached to my head, creating gigantic snarls. My hair ha ... 

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My sister is visiting, and she and the dog-who-must-not-be-written-about-the-second have been, let’s say, getting used to each other. At home, my sister has five cats. Cats (not kittens) are pretty  ... 

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Back in the days before two fake hips entered my life, John and I were avid downhill skiers. We signed up for a YMCA program that bussed us and 38 other people to Mount Frontenac one night a week. T ... 

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This past Christmas marked a first for me. I didn’t forget anything. I didn’t find candy a month later that was supposed to go into the stockings. I didn’t find a gift in the bottom  ... 

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That was the news on the Chicago Tribune web site, though, right there in black and white. Hostess Brands j ... 

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I got all three of my grandchildren dolls for Christmas. Peyton’s is blonde, like she is. Andie’s, like her, has dark hair with bangs and pigtails. And Harry’s is dark haired with a hair do that loo ... 

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