Dear Reader Column 3-22-07

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Today Suzanne is running one of her old favorites.

I had to get some routine blood work done the other day, which is something that always makes me really nervous. Actually, I can't remember the last time I felt any pain when someone took a blood sample from me. But nevertheless, I always manage to work myself into a mild panic by the time I sit down in the lab chair and stretch out my arm.

So this time I was going to try an experiment. To take my mind off of what was about to happen, I decided I'd talk to the lab technician nonstop. My chosen topic--plants. I started telling the technician about my beautiful flower gardens and just as she was putting the needle into my arm she said, "I'm not good with plants. In fact, everything I touch, I seem to kill."

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Suzanne Beecher
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