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When you're cutting into warm brownies, you should use a plastic knife.

A metal knife sticks to the brownie and makes crumbs and ruins your corners.

But a plastic knife, I don't know why, it's non-stick.

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Hey, Corey. How's it going on you? I'm doing all right. You know, we had a death in the family recently.

Yeah, I heard. I'm really sorry about that. It was your husband's aunt? That's right, Aunt Nancy. And, you know, Adam and I've been together for a while, so I was really lucky to have her in my family for 20 years. And she was really a special person, Corey. She was a teacher, an editor, a writer, and above all, a dancer.

And one thing I'm really grateful for is that in the last couple of years, since she was diagnosed

with cancer, she made a really big effort to connect with my girls. Oh, I'm so glad for that,

not only for you and for Aunt Nancy, but for your girls. Yeah. I'm so glad for that, not only for you and for Nancy, but for your girls.

Yeah. I'm curious, Anya, given everything else that's been going on lately, how were you able to

handle the end? Were you able to be with her, to celebrate her? What was that like? Well, it's hard,

Corey. You know, and so many families are going through a version of this. But when Nancy went on hospice care, we had a goodbye visit over Zoom. And then, you know, a couple of weeks later, we also had a version of the funeral service over Zoom. The rabbi came to my mother-in-law's backyard, and she was socially distanced,

and then the rest of us were just kind of on the computer screen.

So, yeah, that's how it was.

That's how it is right now.

That's how it is right now.

And I'm sure, Anya, there's so many families who are going through

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