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...give in to us." Rigid discipline and corporal punishment were common, he recalls, both at home and at school, and women's roles were largely limited to the family. Though he says his daughters share his traditional values, all five of them work. Sánchez, who has 14 grandchildren, argues that working women miss out on "the best years of their child's life," and that Spanish mothers should be paid to stay home...
...suffering from advanced prostate cancer, Ballard finds the answers that matter in his children and grandchildren - his Miracles of Life. But there are miracles of fiction here, too. So convincing was the story he made of the horrors of Lunghua that when Ballard finally returned there in 1991, it was as if he had "walked up to a mirage, accepted that in its way it was real, and then walked straight through it to the other side." Ballard's own journey from inner to outer space turned out to be no distance...
...Valentine's day is one of the yearly events that do not have to be commercial. I make heart-shaped cookies with a friend, and we send most of them to our children and grandchildren. Each swipe of frosting, each sprinkle of sugar is an act of love. Not everything has to be expensive or come from a store. Saying "I love you" is easy - if somewhat caloric. Susan Cavenagh, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
...take umbrage with Gibbs' dismissal of Valentine's Day. It is one of the yearly events that does not have to be commercial. I make heart-shaped cookies with a friend, and we send most of them to our children and grandchildren, who live around the country. Each swipe of frosting, each sprinkle of red sugar is an act of love. I tie the boxes with red bows and send them off. Not everything has to be expensive or come from a store. Saying "I love you" is easy--if somewhat caloric...
...gotten there first. The senator was there with his congressman son Patrick, Ted's wife Vicki, and Vicki's son Curran. Then Caroline arrived with her three teenagers. Teddy's sisters, Eunice Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith, showed up too, along with an assortment of their children and grandchildren. Through the blue curtains, the crowd was thundering...