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It was the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The line was long and my temper was short. Gratitude was not on my list.
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What I most want for Christmas is for someone to say: “Tell me about your mom.”
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Her name was Nelle but I always called her Miss Curry. She was my teacher, as long as she lived—and longer.
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I will never plant my garden again without sturdy little petunias.
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I set up a canvas chair in my back yard, but before I can turn around and sit down, my cat has leaped into it. I could remove Rosie, of course, but if you’re a pet owner you know what I do.
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My first year in college I met a fellow who was a couple years older... I was dazzled by his attention—so dazzled that I couldn’t see clearly, couldn’t see him at all
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My mother told me that when she was a little girl, there were times she couldn’t sleep at night. “I would lie in bed and imagine that somewhere in the world a single gas station was open,” she said.
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I recently came upon a list I gave my daughter in 1995 when she was 22 years old and leaving for a year in Vienna. A list called, “What I Know So Far.” A list of 30 things I believed and wanted to pass on to her.