I played hooky from work — and it taught me a lesson about community

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Forget happy hour. Try playing hooky.

"We need it! Reparations for our pain and suffering," my friend, Lauren Grove, texted me.

It was right after a February blizzard had dumped more than 12 inches of snow over the Tri-State area, and with her kids being the same age as mine — busy 6- and 3-year-olds (and did I mention...