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Retail Therapy

Three months after Diane died of lung cancer at age fifty-seven her husband, Jim, called and asked if I'd like to take her daughter, Chloe, shopping.

"Shopping?" Cereal sprayed from my mouth.

I was still in my pajamas at three in the afternoon, downing another bowl of the soggy sweetened pap I'd taken to eating between meals and before bed. They weren't calories, I'd convinced myself, but ballast I needed to keep from howling off the face of the earth.

Shopping had been one of the great joys of Diane and my long friendship. Shopping had brought us so much pleasure I'd never do it again. Then, Jim reminded me about the inaccessibility lawsuit Diane had won for Chloe against a major retailer. ...

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