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Monday, March 9, 2009

Life Is Short But Wide by J. California Cooper

Excerpt from Introduction

My name is Mrs. Hattie B. Brown, and I am ninety-one years old. My mother, Mrs. Mary Lee Brown, is 105 years old and she has almost all her own teeth. She eats very well, and is still living; so I'm probably going to have a long life.

Now, me and my mother talk bout life all the time, that's ninety-one years' worth, and I have found out that life is sure full of lessons. I have seen most people just skip through their life and don't pay no attention to what they are missing in life; the lesson!

(pub date: March 24, 2009)