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Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
And for those like Norma and Macky, born and raised in the forties and fifties, it was such a drastic change from that era when everyone felt safe, and your only knowledge of the Middle East was a picture on a Christmas card of a bright star shining down on a peaceful manger, not the place full of hate and rage they saw daily on the television and read about in the newspapers.
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Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
she had taught a class in oral history at the community college, and Elner Shimfissle had attended with her friend Irene Goodnight.
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Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
A person lives for years, touches so many people, and then at the end winds up just a small picture and a few paragraphs in the paper, the paper gets thrown away, and it's all over.
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the
She was too hurt to cry….You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same.
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Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
His motto: "Screw the little people." He had lied before, and he would lie again. Ethics were for suckers.
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The All-Girl Filling Station's
Lenore had pushed her into had been a complete disaster.
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The All-Girl Filling Station's
But in August 1945, Americans
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I Still Dream About You
It was the story of her life and probably how she had survived this long: with a little talent and a lot of flair.
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Welcome to the World, Baby
… Poor little old human beings-they're jerked into this world without having any idea where they came from or what it is they are supposed to do, or how long they have to do it in. Or where they are gonna wind up after that. But bless their hearts, most of them wake up every morning and keep on trying to make some sense out of it. Why, you can't help but love them, can you? I just wonder why more of them aren't as crazy as betsy bugs." -Aunt Elner, 1978
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Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
When someone old dies, it is even sadder. First you notice that the paper doesn't come anymore, then gradually the lights are turned out, the gas turned off, the house gets locked up, and the yard is no longer kept up, then it goes on the market and new people come in and change everything. Elner
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Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
After Elner Shimfissle accidentally poked that wasps' nest up in her fig tree, the last thing she remembered was thinking "Uh-oh.
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Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. -ALBERT EINSTEIN
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