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Susan Yinger's avatar

You brought me to tears.

Without being maudlin.

No sloppy sentimentality.

Straightforward, matter-of-fact.

You conveyed your deep love for her and your father.

Beautifully written, but I expected nothing less from you.

A word of warning: you will never stop missing her. The intensity of your grief will ease up, but you will always miss her.

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Cyndy E's avatar

I just subscribed to The Paragraph Stacker because your pieces were the best things that I ever read in the Des Moines Register. I am so happy to have re-discovered you. Your "Letter to Heaven..." is, as always so authentic and uniquely you. Raw, powerful, tender, real. You have a gift. I'm pretty sure that's not the first time you have heard that. It never hurts to hear it again. I was also delighted to hear that you are in the lives of middle school students as a teacher. How fortunate they are! I look forward to catching up with some of your past articles and the new ones to come.

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