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Weekly cartoon(s): It's all relative

Can an update on how I'M doing be an update on how YOU'RE doing too?

Emily Sanders Hopkins
Apr 23, 2020
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I’m devastated. I’m fine.

A few weeks ago, our neighbor A. tapped on our dining room window. I opened the window and she backed away to a safe distance. She and J. were both standing there on their side patio in their jackets, smiling up at us. We chatted and got caught up.

This went on for a few mornings, climaxing in a cheerleading cheer by A. one morn…

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