afternoon, I lower my voice and blink my eyes every half-second like she does, I am emphasizing her personal mannerisms and therefore, her uniqueness. The same applies if Justine tells a story about Erin and inserts her trademark "uh," before every sentence complete with the requisite head tilt. A favorite of mine is when someone reports of an experience with Diane, my easily annoyed sister, because its always funny to hear someone recount the details with Diane's curt one word answers delivered in a high pitched shriek with eyebrows raised to deepen the creases in their forehead. Every family has their bonding techni
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