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Read more: Living our lives fully“Aging scares me a little,” Katie Couric, the journalist, admits in an article in the March 2013 issue of Woman’s Day Magazine. However, Katie concludes,…
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Read more: Sassy and savvyAfter the Civil War, Amanda Nite Burks, who married when she was 15, and her husband Bud drove their horses and cattle to Banquette, Texas,…
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Read more: Share your storiesEveryone has stories of struggles and triumphs. Share your stories. Children who know their family’s history—its highs and lows—have a stronger sense of control over…
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Read more: Advice from EmersonI was looking for inspiration for my daughter, who is in the middle of the tedious task of finishing her thesis. However, while browsing at…
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Read more: The perseverance of a goatIn Kabul, getting a new TV to work isn’t easy, writes Deborah Rodriguez in her novel The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul. “It had taken…
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Read more: The dashDuring the days I was visiting a friend who was receiving hospice care, two people told me about the poem “The Dash” by Linda Ellis.…
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Read more: Usually alert and readyWhen my friend Sara started working at the Dallas Times Herald in 1976 as a copy editor, she woke up early and left her home…
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Read more: Good-bye, Aunt OlaRecently, when I visited Aunt Ola, age 105, she was sleepy. But, she revived when I told her the story about the time my mother-in-law,…
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Read more: Be passionate and courageousMark Kelly, husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, spoke recently at the University of Texas at Arlington. “The man who shot Gabby may have put…
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Read more: The spell of New MexicoOne Saturday morning recently I ended up waiting unpatiently at Firestone for the technician to remove a nail from my car’s tire and then patch…