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BumRushDaShow

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5. Keep doing that.

Reply to Ohioboy (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:56 AM

Oct 2018

My mom would have been the same age this year (she died about 3 years ago) and I literally called every day for years and we discussed the news and politics (she had been a CSPAN junkie and political science major in college so she was always up on things).

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My 88 year old mother just told me her own personal "me too" story [View all] Ohioboy Oct 2018 OP

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I'm a 67 year old man. The_jackalope Oct 2018 #8

She was very brave qwlauren35 Oct 2018 #2

I make sure to call her every day Ohioboy Oct 2018 #3

That's beautiful. qwlauren35 Oct 2018 #4

Keep doing that. BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #5

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Thank you for sharing your grandmother's story. Nitram Oct 2018 #10