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Ode to Joy and the Day my Husband Fainted

What brings you joy? Maybe it’s your children, your pet,  your spouse. Maybe it’s a professional sports team. There are many things that bring me joy. The time my sister-in-law and I went for ice cream with my nephew and my rescue pup Strummer. We ordered ice cream and when the ice cream was ready at the pickup window my sister-in-law handed me two separate cups of ice cream and said “These are for the nephews”. That made me smile. Watching my nephew score his 1,000th career high school basket brought me joy. Seeing my niece bright-eyed and rapt at...
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