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Theresa Griffin Kennedy's avatar

I remember reading your incredible book, The memoir “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, “ and the part where your father would occasionally get cross with your mother and he would speak to her in their language and your mother would be embarrassed a bit? I hope I’m remembering that part correctly. I remember reading that and thinking about the power of language, particularly the first language a person learns, in this case your parents. And how precious that is… this is what makes me so sad. To think that those precious words are disappearing. I hope they don’t disappear entirely. I really do hope they are saved…

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Sunny Hochberg's avatar

Oh, this must make the holidays bittersweet, and sometimes just bitter. Toast us my late husband’s birthday and I’m now a Jewish Buddhist but it’s still bittersweet! And parties to savor with friends and family. It’s a lot. I hope you and yours have a lovely celebration.

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