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LESA ON LIFE: Time to use the good stuff

When my mother moved to her new apartment in her final years on the planet, she used the good dishes instead of old mis-matched things.

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“Why not?” she said. “What am I saving them for?”

So, she used her set of Val D’Or china, silver cutlery, and matching glasses. We also got rid of her old, clunky microwave and installed a smaller variety. Even her scale-incrusted tea kettle and crumb-filled toaster were replaced with new models.

“This is my first time in my very own place all by myself,” she said. “So why not have it the way I want........

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