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It was one of those perfect New York autumn mornings—blue skies, a crisp breeze. A day when I…
It was a really rainy day and I wasn’t paying any attention to what was going on outside…
It was a big job, the kind I loved. There aren’t many people who know how to tear…
Mom and I looked out at the pine trees lining the snow-covered yard of her new house. I…
The phone rang just as I was climbing into bed. My wife rolled her eyes. I knew what…
Rose was the youngest of the seven Johnson children, born late in her parents’ life, and named after…
Sunday night, I was thinking about making dinner when the phone rang. “Turn on CBS,” a voice said.…
My husband, Don, and I pulled into the high school parking lot that cold December afternoon. It had…
Few people know the name Mary Virginia Merrick today, but she’s been making the world a better place…
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