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Unbreakable bonds

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Sitting at the dinner table one Sunday evening talking in fits and starts about nothing in particular, Mama looked down at her fingers, busily tracing an invisible doodle as they sometimes did when she was going over something in her mind, and quietly remarked, "Today's my daddy's birthday." I don't know whether that was when the tears began to well in her eyes or whether that's just when I noticed them, but I do remember their effect on me: puzzlement.


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This article was published June 21, 2009 at 2:42 a.m.

Editorial, Pages 83 on 06/21/2009

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