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“Living a good life, knowing how to fill one’s soul with joy, is the true gift. Money is just a bonus.”
—Wyatt Gates
I dry off the last dish and put it away in the cupboard after our big Sunday meal. Our weekly gatherings have continued since the one at Ethel’s house right after she came home from the hospital last spring.
It’s hard to admit that I look forward to these meals, but I do. We’re the biggest group of misfits—the world-traveling rich girl; the ex-nurse turned crazy cat woman; a heavy dose of ex-homeless people with varying odd personality traits; the ex-sorority girl who, despite her good job in the business world, always seems to use phrases that make no sense; and me with more baggage than them all. In spite of our vast differences, we all have one thing in common, and
