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”How do you put the stuff in the middle?” my niece asks, turning the sugar cookie round and round and upside down, trying to find a clue to the mystery. I just smile and say, “It’s Christmas magic!”
Beverly, my co-worker from many moons ago can claim ownership to the original, but non-magical [...]

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In 1907, my great-grandma and her six young daughters departed from the western port of Glasgow, Scotland bound for the U.S. in the dirty, stinking, rocking, noisy, damp belly of the S.S. Columbia. Pinned inside her dress was enough money to deliver them all to Ohio where her husband anxiously waited. Unfortunately, [...]

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“What kind do you want?” I ask, turning sideways from behind the booth counter so that I can point out the goods. “This apple with two crusts or Aunt Marie’s apple crumb? The fat blueberry or Suky’s fresh-off-the bush-today blackberry? Red cherry or that lemon with mountains of meringue? Fresh [...]

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Tina Turner probably doesn’t need another back-up dancer anyway. Not that I had a real shot at it, since I never took dance lessons, and standing tall, I max out at five foot one inch and just a little bit more. “Man, I’d still love to dress my sturdy thighs [...]

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“Rats, I’ve really done it this time. Gary’s not going to believe this!” I started the long walk up the hill, imagining his reaction to my latest fiasco as I stared into the darkness ahead of me.
“You locked the key in the van when you stopped at the mailbox?” He [...]

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“He just shot out of the back seat before we could catch him.” My mother-in-law apologized over and over again, as I fought back a wave of panic. “Why in the world didn’t they put him in the cat carrier,” I thought. Biting my tongue, I quickly told her not [...]

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“Here, take this. I won’t need it when I get to Japan,” I said to my husband right before going through security at the airport. I handed him $300 in cash and my personal credit card, gave him a kiss and hug, and thus began my seventh business trip to Asia. International travel [...]

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Last night, I laughed out loud at myself. The lady going by me in the aisle of the drug store smiled as she passed by. Just moments before, a man had hurried by as I tried on sunglasses at the end of Aisle 5. Almost immediately, he walked by me again going [...]

My son recently wrote an article suggesting ways to develop the good habit of never locking your keys in the car. If you follow his advice, you’re sure to avoid the stress and embarrassment that I’ve suffered several times in my lifetime. Tyler’s focus on car keys may be a direct reaction to growing [...]