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    LAUREN'S LIFE: This Kitty Likes to Stay Home

    Pandora, our pain-in-the-butt Siamese.

    Anybody want a senile, 19-year-old cat? It's OK - we'll keep her. Pandora is our pain-in-the-butt Siamese. OK, we are not really sure if she really is senile, but she is 19 a...

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    When Life Changes Forever: Part VII

    Lauren played on the Point Pleasant Borough High School softball team in the mid-1980s.

    When I opened my eyes, I saw the nurse smiling and remembered what just happened. I had brain surgery. I felt very groggy, but I knew right away where I was. I remember feeli...

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    When Life Changes Forever: Part VI

    Lauren creates inspirational artwork.

    It was so freezing cold, walking those two blocks to Sloan. But I don't really remember feeling it. I was so drained emotionally and and physically. I was just numb, and wanted ...

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    When Life Changes Forever: Part IV

    Lauren hugs her eight-year-old daughter Heather at their home in Point Pleasant.

    So I found him. Having to make a decision as important as choosing a brain surgeon is pretty  intense.  That's why some may say that I must have been cuckoo for making my choice base...

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