They say our kids won't remember what presents they got. That instead they'll remember the smells of Christmas morning—freshly perked…
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- Living
- December 18, 2019
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“All the Christmas ornaments are destroyed,” my husband Greg said one Saturday this fall. “What?” I glared at him like…
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- Living, Loss
- December 18, 2019
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The first line stopped me mid-scroll. "Not everyone who lost his life in Vietnam died there." I clicked through to…
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- Living
- December 17, 2019
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Why does this holiday season feel so weird? Anyone else feeling it? Maybe it's the fact that I'm pretty sure…
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- Friendship
- December 16, 2019
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On the surface, we don’t have much in common. In fact, no one would peg us as sisters. She has…
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- Living
- December 15, 2019
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Like many clever SNL skits, you don't even know it's not an actual commercial until you're 20 seconds in. All…
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- Living
- December 14, 2019
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For years, on Christmas morning, my little brother and I woke up before the sun and sat excitedly at the…
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- Living
- December 10, 2019
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When I was two, my parents' marriage ended. It was over before I was even born, sadly. He left for…
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- Living
- December 9, 2019
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I pull the magazine from the mailbox. The moment my fingertips brush the slick paper, I am lost in nostalgia.…
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- Friendship
- December 7, 2019
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When it comes to friendship and acclimating to new environments, my daughter and I had very different childhood experiences. By…
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- Living
- December 7, 2019
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I describe my 11-year-old son as a “carefree cutie pie” because that’s how he looks to the outside world. Always…
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Corinne and Bob Johnson spent their lives together—and this week, the rural Minnesota couple married 68 years proved they intend…
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