Melinda Blau

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Texting: the New Quality Time

October 18, 2019 by Melinda Blau

I received a text from my daughter today, inviting me to lunch with her 10-year-old — Grandson #3 — before they take in a Mean Girls matinee.  It made my day.  And it made me think about texting. Jen and I talk on the phone regularly but much less now that she, at 50, is […]

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