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ghosts among us ; Being aware of spirits from the past can inform our choices in the present
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We all live with two kinds of ghosts, personal and historical. My
father died a year ago this week. He was 90 and had lived a long,
mostly blessed life. After a year without him, I am still getting
used to his ghost.
On the eve of the anniversary of his death, I tried to conjure my
father, but mostly I found him in what we were both missing. I was
missing his corny jokes, and he was missing seeing Tiger Woods sink
a putt on the 18th hole to win a golf tournament.
My mother has be...