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Mom 86s fear of our family's fatal birthday curse

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During this dinner out two months ago, Mom and I both managed smiles even though we knew our family's deadly 86th-birthday curse was looming.

Courtesy of Cheryl terHorst

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Since this photo was taken outside Wrigley Field after a Cubs game, my mom has benefitted from some life-improving surgeries and just became the longest-living woman in her family's history by celebrating her 86th birthday. Then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich has not fared as well.

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Mom, my sisters and I knew we really couldn't believe in our family curse, even with the overwhelming mountain of evidence supporting it, columnist Burt Constable writes. In the year leading up to Mom's 86th birthday on Jan. 28, the curse crept into our conversations. When we would talk about plans for 2013 and beyond, Mom would beg off. “Well,” she would say, “let's just wait and see.”

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    • During this dinner out two months ago, Mom and I both managed smiles even though we knew our family's deadly 86th-birthday curse was looming.
    • Since this photo was taken outside Wrigley Field after a Cubs game, my mom has benefitted from some life-improving surgeries and just became the longest-living woman in her family’s history by celebrating her 86th birthday. Then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich has not fared as well.
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