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Remembering ‘My Sister and My Best Friend’

March 13, 2010 – 1:53 am | No Comment

My beloved sister Donna was a gentle, loving, caring soul. She was my trusted confidant, my witness, my cheerleader, and my best friend. She died September 6, 2002, at age 49.
Donna was was born three-and-a-half …

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What It’s Like to Lose a Twin

February 24, 2009 – 1:45 am | No Comment

By Linda Pountney —
I was taken captive by life and death at the age of twenty-one.
My identical twin sister Paula and I faced life together for twenty-one years. We never imagined life without the …

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