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Thomas Hurt

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3. The effort my mother made putting up a tree over the years, whether there were presents...

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Sat Dec 19, 2020, 07:39 PM

Dec 2020

whether they were less or more than the year before, was irrelevant.

Her act of putting up the tree was always a positive and a act of love and caring.

Of course I did not understand this for many years and it particularly hit home only after she passed.

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This probably falls more under the mathematics realm, but has a twisted [View all] kairos12 Dec 2020 OP

Must be dense.... OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2020 #1

Is the cognizance of absence valid knowledge? sanatanadharma Dec 2020 #2

The effort my mother made putting up a tree over the years, whether there were presents... Thomas Hurt Dec 2020 #3

Xmas tree... plus SeattleVet Dec 2020 #4