Notice about Red State/Blue State and Coda
      Greater Media Newspapers Executive Editor Greg Bean will be taking a temporary leave from writing both his Coda column and Red State Blue State because of the death of his son Coleman. We will be reprinting some of his past Coda columns, the first of which appears in this week's paper.
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A sister's love, and a bucket of toads
LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet?
      Motherhood. It's certainly not for the faint of heart. Over the years, I've watched our boys cover themselves in mud for no apparent reason. I've seen them chase birds across the yard, throw rocks at the sky and work tediously and continuously to develop a complicated system of highways in the alley.
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