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Kids can be a pain in the neck when they're not a lump in your throat.
Barbara Johnson
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Barbara Johnson
Age: 61 †
Born: 1947
Born: October 4
Died: 2009
Died: August 27
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Journalist
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Massachusetts
Barbara Ellen Johnson
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All we can take with us to heaven is what we leave behind in the lives we touch.
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Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends.
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We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.
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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
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Winners see an answer for every problem losers see a problem in every answer!
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Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
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Laughter dulls the sharpest pain and flattens out the greatest stress. To share it is to give a gift of health.
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Change is a process not an event.
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Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we're down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.
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Stop what you are doing long enough to enjoy the sunset, listen to a special song that lifts you up, or pick up the phone and share some special thought with a caring friend.
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I'm glad God has all the answers, 'cause I barely understand the questions.
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