Shopping is hope.

“A couple of years ago my sister Judy and I were each given a box of truffles. T…”

“She would (if she could) put her arm around the girl she'd been and try to tell…”

“A friend's mother ate nothing but clams for six months. Morning, noon, and nigh…”

“It's easy now - it's middle-aged lady, nobody's looking, nobody notices. I go w…”