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Marge Conner-Levin's avatar

What a great story! Thank you.

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Sally Helgesen's avatar

Thank you Samantha. Glad you’re enjoying them. Generosity was fun to write

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Sally Helgesen's avatar

Thank you Carol! What a beautiful comment.

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Sally Helgesen's avatar

Thanks Jann. As you see, I'm moving into Memoir mode.

I appreciate your interest in my newsletters.

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Sally Helgesen's avatar

Thank you Cynthia! As you see, I'm moving into memoir mode.

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Sally Helgesen's avatar

Thank you Debra.

I am presently working on a memoir, so all these memories keep surfacing.

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Samantha Hartley's avatar

I gasped! And just loved this one (catching up on your newsletters today in reverse chronological order). Looking forward to reading your memoir!

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Cynthia Burnham's avatar

What a lovely story!

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Jann Freed's avatar

Sally--What a great story! Loved all of it. Good to remember. Thanks

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Carol Mitchell, PhD's avatar

I’ve had the post-holiday blues and your story lifted me. Thoughts of times I’ve being generous - those stories and happy feelings - have let me shift to a more optimistic and hopeful frame of mind. Thank you Sally!

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Debra Sabatini Hennelly's avatar

Thanks for sharing this wonderful story—such a great thing to read as I start my day! By the way, I think you have the beginning of a great movie script here…

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