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My 88-Year-Old Grandma Lives a Fulfilled Life: Her Secret to Happiness

My 88-Year-Old Grandma Lives a Fulfilled Life: Her Secret to Happiness

Every Wednesday night after graduating from college, I sat in my grandma’s living room and spiraled about my future. How could I decide on the one thing I wanted to do for the rest of my life? One city to live in? One partner to marry? She nodded and listened while filling our plates with kugel and mandel bread. “Emma,” …

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NJ woman whose family narrowly escaped horrific house explosion grateful to be alive: ‘The storm saved our lives’

NJ woman whose family narrowly escaped horrific house explosion grateful to be alive: ‘The storm saved our lives’

NORTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — One disaster averted an even bigger one for this New Jersey family. Lina Delgado-Ramos, her husband, sister, cousin and their golden retriever fled their North Plainfield home to escape Monday night’s deadly flash floods — only for the house to explode spectacularly just hours later. “The storm saved our lives. We could have been inside, thinking …

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