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I’ve never done an Instagram read-along, but have always wanted to try one. No better time than now, because I want others to read WINTER...

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1978 was my freshman year at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, IL. I’ll admit I was pretty straight-laced, so I would have...

Buy NOW! Winter is most definitely the time to think about Mary Donahue, who, at the age of 15, is heading into the blizzard winter of...

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Buy NOW! Mary Donahue of WINTER LIGHT was 14 during the 1976 Winter Olympics in Montreal. Already too cool for school and generally...

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by Nikki Patin Often how we come to experience other people’s lives is not by learning facts about them, but by listening to how they...