Alphabet Soup

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Congratulations! Now that you’re living, here are a few tips from someone who’s been doing it, with partial success, for more than 55 years | Fiction | Fresh Soup

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When you’re a kid, people are always asking you questions: Are you tired? What did the teacher say? Who’s your best friend? As an anxious boy, I used to sort the questions into easy ones (“Did you eat the sandwich Mom made you?”) and difficult ones (“When are you going to start packing your own backpack?”). Out of all the questions, the one I considered…

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