This I’ve Learned

I WAS THINKING…about recently when I looked in the mirror and for a split second, I saw my sister.It triggered a childhood memory. When I was growing up with my seven sisters and three brothers, people often said to us, “You must be one of Klunks. You all look alike. (yes, that was my maiden…

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This I’ve Learned

I WAS THINKING…about how much it upsets me when people aren’t nice to me.  Perhaps it’s a salesclerk, another driver or just anyone. Then the other day after I left Office Depot, I was thinking how nice the young man was who helped me find something. Then at Costco the salesclerk in the photo department…

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This I’ve Learned

I WAS THINKING…about 9/11, as were most people. Nineteen years ago, seems so long ago, yet some of those same feelings came alive. I remember feeling guilty because I was safe and they weren’t. I felt helpless because I saw anguish, but there was nothing I could do. I felt gratitude for fire fighters and…

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This I’ve Learned

I WAS THINKING…how our appearance changes and we don’t see it when it’s happening. Then one day we notice. It’s seems unreal to see a child change so much in a short time. How does it happen? Do they grow such a tiny bit every day that we can’t see it? Remember when we were kids,…

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