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A Case of the Human Condition: Peter’s Fast-Track Grandmother

My mother-in-law was on the phone. Could my 6-year-old son Peter come to Southern Calfornia for a week’s visit with her? “A week?” I thought. Could I get along without my little son for a whole week?

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A Case of the Human Condition: Geographic Mobility in America — Watching My Kids Disappear

Most of my grandmother’s children – there were seven of them – lived out their lives within walking distance of their mother’s white frame house in Scottville, Michigan. Not my father. He moved away.

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A (Pillow) Case of the Human Condition: Time to Crack Open That Hope Chest and Live a Little

I waited too long to get married. By the time Jon and I said our vows, the contents of my hope chest had become outdated, old-fashioned, fussy — unusable. As a result, after thirty some years of marriage, I continue to be the owner of a dozen or so beautiful, hand-embroidered, virginal pillowcases.

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