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Just one look and then I knew that all I longed for long ago was you

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Elizabeth Berg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: December 2
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St Paul
Minnesota
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The things that brought me the most comfort now were too small to list. Raspberries in cream. Sparrows with cocked heads. Shadows of bare limbs making for sidewalk filigrees. Roses past their prime with their petals loose about them. The shouts of children at play in the neighborhood, Ginger Rogers on the black-and-white screen.
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The truth is, aging can be your realest opportunity to decide how best to live - and the best incentive for getting you to do just that.
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One thing I have always been is too short. It's adorable when you're in junior high. After that, it's a pain in the ass for the rest of your life.
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You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.
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For all it's problems and difficulties, life is mostly a wonderful experience, and it is up to each person to make the most of each day. I hope you are successful in your life, but look to the heavens and the earth and especially to other people to find your real wealth. Wherever I am, wherever you go, know that my love goes with you.
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I hate banana bread. It's too suspicious-looking. I always thought the cooked banana looked like insect legs.
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It will happen when you're not looking for it. Love likes to take you by surprise.
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I thought of the priest who'd told me that many religions hold that it is easier to be closely connected to people we love after death than before.
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I cried until my eyes swelled shut, and then I slept, a black, dreamless sleep from which I awoke amazingly refreshed, at least until I remembered.
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Remember me in your dreams, as I will you.
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I felt myself trapped in line for a ride I was not nearly ready for, looking back but moving forward in the only direction I could go.
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My mind was in my heart, anchored like a bright kite in a safe place.
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I turn off the radio, listen to the quiet. Which has its own, rich sound. Which I knew, but had forgotten. And it is good to remember.
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