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The Postscript: Anniversary toast

This past week, my parents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and I stood in front of the greeting card rack for a very long time.

Whenever I try to buy a card for my mom or dad, I have a heck of a hard time. I almost bought a “blank inside” card because there wasn’t anything that even came close to telling them what I was thinking on the occasion of this milestone anniversary.

My parents have the kind of marriage that used to intimidate me. Other kids’ parents fought. Mine never did. Other kids would play one parent off the other. That got me exactly nowhere. My parents...

 

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