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When I was about 17 my mom went "back home" for a visit to Alabama. She had instructed me to telephone her on a particular day, so she could check in with us back in New Jersey. I felt a great distance between me and my southern kin, having grown up so far away. I was somewhat ill at ease about placing the call---until my Aunt Billie answered the phone. What a warm, comforting voice greeted me on the other end of the line! "Chrissy!, she exclaimed, "this is your aunt Billie!" The next few...
January 25, 2012