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Read more: The best friendsI had lunch today with a group of six friends—sitting outside at a restaurant. Pre-pandemic, we had lunch together once a month. Before our lunch…
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Read more: Children in-personLetters and cards are great. Phone calls are better. FaceTime and Zoom visits are wonderful. However, on Mother’s Day last year, I was miles from…
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Read more: Happy Mother’s Day!Happy Mother’s Day to my mother, of course! Happy Mother’s Day, too, to a number of women friends who, through the years, have nurtured me,…
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Read more: A book for Mother’s DayI just remembered a delightful children’s book called The Mother’s Day Mice. It’s a story by Eve Bunting about three mice children who decide to…
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Read more: Inherently good“People at birth are inherently good,” says Chloe Zaho, the filmmaker. I am reminded of my friend who teaches courses in child development. Once, when…
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Read more: Forgiveness“Forgiving isn’t something you do for someone else,” says author Jodi Picoult. “It’s something you do for yourself. It’s saying, ‘You’re not important enough to…
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Read more: A blackberry cobblerMy father grew up on a farm in West Texas, and he was always a farmer. Wherever we lived, he had a garden, and my…
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Read more: One good thingThe flowers are blooming at the Dallas Arboretum with one bed full of glorious yellow and purple. “That is one good thing about the world.…
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Read more: It’s called love“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love,” Winnie the Pooh said.
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Read more: How is the world?When I recently heard Joan Chittister, the nun and author, talk about power in a video presentation, she quoted Ramana Maharshi, the Hindu sage. “As…