Stay healthy and help others do the same

I had intended to write about the wonderful, albeit sad, experience my wife and I had while watching the film, Les Miserable.

I meant to tell you that, if you plan to go see it, take a box of tissues or a handkerchief. But I can’t. I can’t because I can’t get something off my mind.

This year’s flu season has been a nasty one. Boston has declared a state of health emergency and many people, young and old, have died.

Usually flu season isn’t something I have to worry about. I have never received a flu shot and, except when I was much younger, I have never gotten it. I have been blessed.

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