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From the Detroit Free Press: Margaret, John and Stevie: A shared piano, 2 broken dreams

First in an Occasional Series:

What Poor Looks Like: The spirit and struggles of people getting by 

Once, they were all young together, Margaret, her brother John, and a blind neighborhood kid named Stevie Judkins - who wore pants that, Margaret recalls, "never reached his ankles." His mother would drop Stevie at their small house on 25th Street on Detroit's west side, and while John played guitar, Margaret would teach Stevie piano chords.

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Facebook: Happy #Bookloversday. Among my favorite books are Gilead (Marilyn Robinson), The...

Happy #Bookloversday. Among my favorite books are Gilead (Marilyn Robinson), The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe), The Royal Road To Romance (Richard Halliburton), and Charming Billy (Alice McDermott). [More at Goodreads, come be a fan at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2331.Mitch_Albom].What are your favorite books?

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Facebook: Two new children admitted to the orphanage. Derson, 3, on right (who gave him sh...

Two new children admitted to the orphanage. Derson, 3, on right (who gave him shades?) and Knox, 2 1/2, who was left in the woods to die when he was weeks old. Precious kids. They are the reason we are here. To help us http://mitchalbomcharities.org/have-faith-haiti. Thank you. Mitch.

From the Detroit Free Press: Living in a Time When Kids' Playtime Lands Parents in Jail

I would like to offer a blood transfusion, free of charge, to every kid in America. Because clearly I have special plasma that allowed me to survive a traumatic childhood.

I walked to school, on my own, and survived. I walked to a park, on my own, and survived. I sat in a car, by myself, and survived.

Of course, I had one benefit. My parents were not arrested for any of the above. Today, growing up the way I did, I’d be visiting Mom and Dad behind bars.

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Facebook: A farewell ice cream celebration for Jeremiah and Jennifer Hambrick, who did an...

A farewell ice cream celebration for Jeremiah and Jennifer Hambrick, who did an amazing job for a year living with, guiding and loving our kids in Haiti! #havefaithhaiti #everydaymiracles

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From the Detroit Free Press: A letter to nation on area code b'day

Dear America:

We just had a birthday. Our 313th. It was a bit of a big deal here, but I am guessing it makes no sense to you. Many things from Detroit do not.

So let me explain. Our 313th was significant because 313 is our area code. Yes. Our area code. It has been since they invented area codes. The whole city of Detroit. Even some adjacent communities, like Dearborn, Gross Pointe and Inkster.

All 313.

It hasn't changed for nearly 70 years. If you had a Detroit phone line during the Korean War, you could still have the same number today.

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