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THE GIFT OF kindness

At my advanced age I suddenly find myself back in toy stores at Christmas time. Not shopping for a grandchild as you would expect but for someone even more advanced in age. My mother.

With time ticking her closer to a hundred each year, she’s been robbed of a lifetime of skills and capabilities. Even most of her memories have gone. Time is a sly old thing, moving with stealth. All of a

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