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 <title>Gos bless Lindsay! CM</title>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:27:02 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Counting Blessings Continued: A Tribute To Lindsay </title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Lindsay knows
exactly what to do when a friend is getting divorced. She doesn&#039;t
press. She doesn&#039;t pester with questions. She doesn&#039;t fill the
space with reassurances or aspersions - she allows silence. She
allows time. She knows that what&#039;s needed is normality.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the same
time, she&#039;ll let you that, anytime you need, it, you can call her
and she&#039;ll drive out and spend the day with you, or the afternoon,
or the hour. She&#039;ll take you to lunch, she&#039;ll go to a movie,
she&#039;ll just sit with you so you&#039;re not alone. 

&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you move
to a new place, she&#039;s the one that will spend the first night with
you so you&#039;re not alone, making the weekend into a party instead of
a chore, keeping any of it from being sad. She&#039;ll unpack boxes.
She&#039;ll organize your closet and your kitchen.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She is, in
short, an invaluable friend. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The other
reason to look to Lindsay is that she has a marriage that makes me
rethink my certainty that relationships can&#039;t last. Years in, she
and her husband are still in love, still happy, still right for each
other. They make room for each other&#039;s lives while still sharing
them. They compromise. They talk. They are each other&#039;s best
friends, and they still make out.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are people like this in the
world. There are relationships like that out there. This is good to
remember. &lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Alice Brooks</dc:creator>
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