I must first apologize to my sister, Aby, because I told her I wouldn’t blog about the fact that her presents didn’t arrive in time for Christmas, that even though she mailed them out in plenty of time they ended up going from Edwardsville, Illinois to the Volunteer State where the volunteers apparently took off the days […]
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`Twas the night before Christmas, when all through our digs not a creature was stirring not even our pig. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The four rowdy children were nestled in bed While visions of presents danced around in their head. And
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It was in the high 80s in downtown Saugatuck on Sunday and after too much arts-fartsy shopping I happily found myself in the most expensive ice cream shop with seven of my family members. The line was long, the air thick and filled with fudge, the decisions many: which of the 50 flavors to get?
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I was at work in my cubicle when the phone rang and the little old lady said, “Would you stop by sometime this week to look over some legal papers?” “Uh, sure, Mom, what’s up?” “It’s insurance stuff and I don’t understand it.” I stopped by on a Tuesday, which was two days before she
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It’s Wednesday and I’m in my cubicle at work when the phone rings and a little old lady bursts onto the line with, “I got in an accident and I don’t know what to do, but the young man that hit me just called someone.” “Mom, are you all right? That’s the most
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