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  1. I used to talk to my mom a couple times each day. She passed away last January and I miss those phone calls.

    My younger son recently brought home his first PS report card sporting a 4.0, and my older son has started receiving college acceptance letters and scholarship offers. She would have been the first person I called with all this wonderful news, and she would have behaved as my boys' biggest fans.

    I am sorry for them that they are missing that.

  2. I'm always stumped as to whether or not I should shake someone's hand when meeting them. In a business situation I definitely would. But lately I've been meeting a lot of new people through some new groups that I joined and there's always that awkward brief looking down to see if the other has their hand out.

     

    Do you shake hands with everyone you meet? Do you wait to see if they initiate it? Are there certain circumstances where you always do or never do?

     

    :confused:

     

    It depends on the situation.

     

    We'll be going to my husband's company Christmas party this week. I will probably shake hands with each new person I meet.

     

    Last night we were at our son's holiday concert. I hugged the women I know well and I shook hands with their husbands, many of whom I'd not previously met.

     

    If I were at a casual gathering in someone's home and the guests were primarily women, I would probably not extend my hand. I often get the feeling that women don't care to shake hands.

    A casual gathering at my Dad's house, though, when I'm meeting his male friends for the first time? I shake hands.

  3. Columbine by Dave Cullen (nonfiction). Take most of what the general public knows about the Columbine tragedy and throw it out the window. This was an incredibly eye-opening, disturbing, and painful read.

     

    Though it was difficult to read much of this, it certainly makes the short list of the best books I've ever read.

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