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May 21, 2008 05:03 PM EDT --
I grabbed a tube of Nars Catfight, a rich, semi-matte nude mauve, on my way out of the salon. Easy access to beauty products is one of the perks of the business.
There were lots of cars in the parking . . .
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April 25, 2008 01:28 PM EDT --
The Second Journey is a second chance. Most women have lived the first half of their life in a prescribed manner. By the time she approaches the midway point she is more than ready for her turn. The . . .
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July 29, 2008 05:40 PM EDT --
When my mother became a widow, I became a Designated Daughter—the sibling who would try to take up the empty space that had always been filled by Dad. What I found in walking beside her was my own . . .
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May 15, 2008 10:57 AM EDT --
"Hey, sweetie, you're falling down on the job," Robin says, snapping me out of my daze.
"Sorry," I say, though I can't remember where we were in our conversation, or . . .
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May 28, 2008 11:43 AM EDT --
The Friday staff meeting was our family's version of Sunday dinner. As soon as we closed the salon and everybody got there, my father called in the pizza order. That gave us about twenty minutes . . .
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April 24, 2008 02:28 PM EDT --
Early December
Traveling is not just seeing the new; it is also leaving behind. Not just opening doors; also closing them, never to return. But the . . .
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May 02, 2008 01:56 PM EDT --
Since that very party is today, Robin has insisted that we get the twinkle lights up on our picket fence. "C'mon, sweetie, we've got to do something seasonal," he says, urging me off . . .
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