Dear Heloise: I’ve been reading your (and previously your mother’s) column since I was in grade school. I’m 77 now, and I currently read it in the Abilene Reporter-News.

I am short and often have trouble reaching things on the top shelf or at the back of the freezer shelf when grocery shopping. I often look around for a taller person to ask for help, but I found a solution by bringing my collapsible back scratcher with me. It’s small enough to easily fit in my purse, and I expand it and just pull the item I want forward.

Hope this helps another short person! — Marjorie R., in Abilene, Texas

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