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Rolling With Changes in 2023

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The first week of 2023 has had more important news and changes than our brains can handle: the death of Barbara Walters and the Pope Emeritus, the arrest of the Idaho killer. But by far the event that caught the attention of everyone everywhere was the accident on the football field when Damar Hamlin almost died after a tackle. The game which started like any other stopped, and his condition  was on breaking news for days until we could breathe a sigh that it looked like he was recovering. An important game was not nearly as important as this young man, so when it was cancelled, we didn't fuss or fume but agreed that the game couldn't go on. Changes can come when we least expect them. Our neighbors when I was growing up were Wimpy and Edna, the sweetest couple you could ever meet. He owned a hamburger place and was known by everyone in town.They were childless in a time when IVF and other chances were non-existent.  After some years they decided to try and adopt, and we all pu...