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    16 Things We’re All Looking Forward to Once Social Distancing Ends

    Real-people share stories about what they're most looking forward to doing after self-quarantine restrictions finally let up.

    How a Boy and His Telephone Operator Formed a Lovely, Lasting Friendship

    In this Reader's Digest Classic, originally published in 1966 as "The Voice in the Box," a little boy forges a...