Grateful thoughts and political symbolism

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GREENSBURG – There is a lot to be said about gratitude, but there are those times when it is so difficult to express to those who deserve an especially wonderfully loving Thank You.Breaking a femur last June and two weeks later developing double pneumonia can just about cause a person to have little interest in anything. What kept me going when it happened was the loving care of certain people, and certainly the boost that residents of Decatur County gave. Even some readers of the Daily News who knew me only from this column sent a card expressing their wishes for my getting well. Every single visit and every single card gave me hope and determination to get as well and strong as a 91 year old lady can be.kAm%96:C 24E:@?D ;FDE AC@G65 H92E x 92G6 D2:5 7@C D@ >2?J J62CDi %96 A6@A=6 @7 s642EFC r@F?EJ 2C6 E96 <:?56DE 2?5 >@DE 42C:?8 A6@A=6 @? t2CE9 2?5 x 2> D@ G6CJ 8C2E67F= E@ =:G6 :? E96:C >:5DE]k^AmkAm~?6 AC@3=6>[ E9@F89[ :D E92E 2 H@>2?

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