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Fortune Teller

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Children & Parenting Death Friends & Neighbors
Every summer we had a circus & I always got to be the fortune teller. All the girls wanted to know if they’d have babies & all the boys wanted to find out about the Cubs. We had one neighbor who’d been in the hospital who asked me if I could tell her when she … [Read More]

Balancing Act

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Friends & Neighbors Inspirational Personal Growth
I have a friend who used to ride bareback in a circus. In one picture I’ve seen she is wearing blue sequins with her smile spread wide as her arms. One time I asked her was it hard to balance? No, she said, you always balance. Only sometimes, she added, you balance on your butt.