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Melissa Rayworth's avatar

Another lovely, thought-provoking essay. Your mom would love that you wrote about this.

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Ted Anthony's avatar

That means a lot coming from you. I hope she would.

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Shelley Acoca's avatar

This is also the very essence of friendship -- or those rare friendships in which your friends are your found family.

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Ted Anthony's avatar

Thank you, Shelley. Thanks to you, I know whereof you speak.

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Alan Stamm's avatar

That priceless card in your mother's handwriting is, in effect, a hand reaching across two decades to touch you. Now I'm touched too.

Thanks for sharing these reflections on a core belief that connects two generations and that you framed to endure for decades more of family legacy.

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Ted Anthony's avatar

Thank you, Alan. I do sometimes feel like this stuff I find reaches across decades.

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