My favorite uncle's handshake growing frail
by BanjoDan in Six-Word Memoirs on Sep 30, 2012 | 
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“Singing the blues, not her style.”
Last weekend I met an amazing woman. She is the cantor at the synagogue where my nephew was bar mitzvahed. When she found out we were from Philly, she came over to our table at the luncheon to play ‘Jewish...
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Dean6805 says,
This is a moving memoir, BD. Thank you for sharing.ctgoods2 says,
I second that.VincentAurelius says,
Oh boy,this one hits home. Great big strong stevedore brought down low but keeping the strength of his integrity. Well put my friend.notjustagirlintheworld says,
Poignant. Congrats on the well deserved feature.BanjoDan says,
i appreciate the comments friends, gracias!canadafreeze says,
Poignant, indeed. congrats on the feature ...Level1 says,
Switch up the handshakes to hugs :-)Amapola says,
what Level1 said:{{{HUG}}}JAD says,
Ditto.scribbling_scribe says,
Very touching, BD. I think L1 has some great advice!oopsalittle says,
Another fab memoirKudos
oopsalittle says,
Another fab memoirKudos
favepeep says,
Lump in my throat...