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Read more: An expert?My sister-in-law Linda and I were patiently sitting in the waiting room at the hospital, wondering how my brother-in-law Bob was doing. We had been…
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Read more: “Gentle and kind, principled, ever curious”I just finished reading Anthony Shadid’s thoughtful book House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family and a Lost Middle East. Anthony, you may remember…
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Read more: Happy spring!I saw some daffodils in the grocery store today and couldn’t resist buying them. I smiled and felt a little happier when I arrived home…
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Read more: How to keep those pounds offI am happy to report that one of my weight-loss secrets is endorsed not only by Weight Watchers but also by The New England Journal…
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Read more: What’s going into your mouth?I often eat breakfast while reading the newspaper or making a to-do list for the day. I generally consume my lunch at my desk while…
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Read more: Accepting your limitsHow do you react when you fail or are disappointed? When something bad happens over which you have no control? I was sad when I…
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Read more: The never-quite-satisfiedAt the her brother’s wedding, the main character in Ann Packer’s short story Things Said and Done describes how, as a child, her father “conferred…
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Read more: The cookie conspiracyWhy does it always happen? The day that I decide to be Resolute—to stop the overeating for a few days and the dieting for a…
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Read more: I apologizeI was not the perfect mother of two children. I confess that , more than once, I was not calm and reasonable. I yelled. However,…
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Read more: What if someone is critical of you?On my first date after my divorce, I went swimming with a handsome young man. Because I knew that I was still vulnerable and my…