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Be amibitious grandparent
CATHY KRAFVE
      When I grow up, I'm going to be a grandparent. That's my motto. My big ambition. I habitually point out every baby in the grocery store, just in case my own children aren't catching all my other subtle hints. My husband encouraged me to stop making a fuss over babies since young moms might think...
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Mangia! Mangia!
How am I supposed to keep going?
ANTOINETTE JACKSON
      The drive back to Texas from California was no easier than the drive to Orange County my mother's funeral was two weeks earlier. It was now the middle of January. Christmas was long over so I didn't have to listen to the carols playing on the radio that reminded me of happier times.
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