I like the idea that when I die, I will have a long sit-down chat with God and get answers to all my questions. For example, those apple coresthat I threw out of car windows when I was a child–did any of them becometrees? Few boys or men had ever asked me out. I told myself that itwas because I was almost 6-feet tall. Was that true or was there somethinghumbling I needed to know? Kristine K. Stevens
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  1. I was 8, 569 miles away, 37 butt-numbing hours of travel across seven time zones in the last two days, or was it three? Amelia Earhart, eat your heart out.
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