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Social Distancing: Let’s Make It Memorable

Social Distancing: Let’s Make It Memorable

It’s a beautiful, sunny afternoon.  I am outside on the driveway with my youngest daughter, on my knees making shamrocks and rainbows out of sidewalk chalk.  It is St. Patrick’s Day, after all.  She adds a big pot of gold at the end of her rainbow.  I add mountains and meadows below mine.  My daughter cheerfully compliments me on my coloring skills, and asks me to trace the outline of her body.  I have her trace me, too, and we…

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The Gift of Being Noticed

The Gift of Being Noticed

One of my daughters just turned fourteen, which has me thinking about the year I turned fourteen.    I was a freshman in high school (I was always the youngest one in my grade) and my older sister was a senior.   Our school was not within walking distance of any fast-food or commercial locations, so only juniors and seniors were accorded off-campus privileges.   That year, my sister gave me the simple gift of taking me out to lunch with her friends…

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