The world is made up of distant lands, yet the shortestdistance between any two people is still a smile.

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Kitty’s radiant smile and hockey’s greatest, Gordie Howe.

I have a small sign in my office that reads, “I saw a man who didn’t have a smile, so I gave him one.” I always remembered that saying and have tried most of my life to make that the very first thing I give someone. Perhaps it’s because when I was a kid growing up, smiling was not something we did in our home when my father was around. It was as though it was forbidden—especially in my case. Whenever my brother and sisters and I joked around, it was never ...

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