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Dog Gone Clean
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Crazy Family
By Betty Maloney Visits always give pleasure — if not the arrival, the departure.
~Portuguese Proverb Money was tight in our household, but my mother always shared what we could, as long as there was a genuine need. But that generosity had limits, limits which Mom handled in her own inimitable fashion. We had some neighbors who finally pushed Mom over the edge. One day, they stopped by just as Mom was finishing dinner preparations, so she invited them to stay. But then it happened again a few days later — and then again after that! It actually became a regular thing. They would come knocking just before dinner and stay for a free meal. (Keep reading)  
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