Thinking of Sam
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A boy's discovery of his Uncle Sam's war medals makes him think about how people cope with the loss of loved ones, the way his grandmother did when she lost her eldest son. Three decades later, his reflections lead him to pay tribute to his uncle's courage by writing about him.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1993
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A stranger's gift of life
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A daughter shares her reflections about her mother's heart transplant and the nobility of giving one's heart so that another may live. The operation had strengthened the ties between her family and she is grateful for the chance given her mother to live longer.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1993
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Summers on the bayou
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A daughter reminisces her summer vacations spent at her mother's childhood home in Grande Isle, LA. The days spent together with her grandmother, mother and sister in that place underscore the bond between them, though they may belong to different generations.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1993
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