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Why Bother Having a Best Friend?
By Terese Luikens | | Relationships
Never Settle For A Ripple When You Can Make A Wave Why bother having a best friend? I did not have a best friend growing up. My brother, eighteen months older than me, was the one with whom I had the most fun; rough housing in the living room, racing our bicycles, playing catch and…
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Why Bother to Recant?
By Terese Luikens | | Relationships
Why Bother to Recant? I grew up watching the Ed Sullivan show on Sunday nights in the living room with my family. The June Taylor Dancers amazed me and when the Beatles made their debut, my dad commented on the length of their long hair. But something we never watched was sports. I didn’t know…
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Why Bother Raising the Dead?
By Terese Luikens | | Relationships
Why bother raising the dead? In my junior year of high school I landed a job as a nurse’s aide in a nursing home. It felt like my first real job. I had a uniform, regular hours, and a weekly paycheck. Old people did not scare me. Most of them were friendly and more than…
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Why Bother Waiting?
By Terese Luikens | | Family
Why Bother Waiting? The summer I graduated from high school, 1976, I visited my sister Beth and her husband, Rolf, who lived in Salt Lake City. Rolf, who owned more than one 35mm camera plus every accessory, introduced me to looking at life through the viewfinder of a camera. Narrowing my vision down…
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