Mary Schmich

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Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.

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age

Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.

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birthday

I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation.

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death

Here's a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You can't anticipate how you'll feel afterward. People will tell you a few may be close to right, none exactly right.

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death

A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I don't believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing.

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fear

For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.

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food

Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

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jealousy

The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.

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movies

You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.

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movies

You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when.

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movies

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