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Lisa Ann Williams

Lisa Ann Williams 11/27/20 Lisa Ann Williams 11/27/20

Lisa Ann Williams

Through a painful divorce, I hung this on our bathroom door knob…

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Lynn Shapiro

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Lynn Shapiro

My earliest memory of Thanksgiving was at Grandma Gelman’s apartment…

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Kendra Morrill

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Kendra Morrill

A few months after my grandmother died…

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Judy Frohlich

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Judy Frohlich

Last November, my husband and I were awakened by an explosion.

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Bonny Howe

Bonny Howe 11/23/20 Bonny Howe 11/23/20

Bonny Howe

This is my coat from when I was really small.

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Leslie Richmond Simmons

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Leslie Richmond Simmons

I always thought Scooter was a great name for a dog.

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Bill Durden

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Bill Durden

My mother used to tell me…

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Joe Garber

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Joe Garber

It has often been said…

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Robert J. Elisberg

Robert J. Elisberg 11/16/20 Robert J. Elisberg 11/16/20

Robert J. Elisberg

Like most people of taste, I love…

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Trisha Ricketts

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Trisha Ricketts

My dad’s golf hat…

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Richard Rotman

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Richard Rotman

Curiously, Glencoe, Illinois, population about 10,000, possessed three golf courses…

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Margaret Swanson

Margaret Swanson 11/9/20 Margaret Swanson 11/9/20

Margaret Swanson

My favorite picture of my grandfather…

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Frederick J. Nachman

Frederick J. Nachman 11/9/20 Frederick J. Nachman 11/9/20

Frederick J. Nachman

My mother said his face turned ashen…

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Marcia J. Pradzinski

Marcia J. Pradzinski 11/6/20 Marcia J. Pradzinski 11/6/20

Marcia J. Pradzinski

I don’t know when I found the cup…

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Jay Walley

Jay Walley 11/6/20 Jay Walley 11/6/20

Jay Walley

Growing up, my family was always into games…

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Rob Weinstein

Rob Weinstein 11/3/20 Rob Weinstein 11/3/20

Rob Weinstein

I remember vividly at the tender young age of 10…

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Fred Karger

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Fred Karger

In 2010, after a quarter century as a political consultant…

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Bev Rossman

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Bev Rossman

In 1973 my husband’s grandmother, Nana Sarah…

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Mary Campbell

Mary Campbell 11/2/20 Mary Campbell 11/2/20

Mary Campbell

Stuff. I don’t hang on to it.

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Sara Marberry

Sara Marberry 10/31/20 Sara Marberry 10/31/20

Sara Marberry

TRICK: I can’t remember why I bought this rubber piggy mask…

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