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But what were the pandemic presents your wife gave you??

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Fair enough. One is personal but the other one was a really nice chess set.

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Came here to say the same thing. Cruel not to say, lol

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In Germany that would have been toilet-paper. Flour, yeast and some other items also disappeared - but chess-sets? ;)

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"Buy a special version of an everyday thing" this is great!

Make an every day item feel special and every time they use it they will think of you

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"...messed-up kid". Ok, I am hooked and very much looking forward to the forthcoming memoir.

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I’m sorry you didn’t get to thank Faith. Maybe this blogger’s grandmother was onto something:

https://downsouth.house/blogs/news/never-say-thank-you-for-passalong-plants

What Faith passed along did grow, didn't it?

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Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary is a principle worth applying to all aspects of life.

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Great advice, thank you for sharing!

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