My Dad used to say, “Make a decision, even if it’s wrong.” It took me a long time to understand what he was trying to tell me. As a kid, I was pretty indecisive, and Dad needed me to learn to make choices, knowing that I was going to make mistakes in the process. My […]
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I’m a businessman. I love my job. And if you knew me better, you’d know how strange it sometimes feels for me to say that. I never wanted anything to do with business. Really! Like most kids, my career ambitions flew about in dizzying circles of changing chatter, from gourmet chef to foreign diplomat
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Family Sprouts Welcome spring with these funny pots that sprout “hair” in just a few days. Terra-cotta pots are inexpensive and easy to paint, but you can use recycled plastic containers instead. Rather than painting the plastic containers, glue on googly eyes and pom-pom noses instead. Don’t forget to make one for the family catcats
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Once, every so often, it happens. I get my dad back. As time marches on and my dad continues to do his slow-dance with Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia, the window of time between his “good days,” and his “not-so-good days” begins to slowly close. For a while there, it seemed like we were spoiled and
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Children’s lives these days are often planned down to the minute. They go from school to after care to sports or dance. They take music lessons or participate in scouting. They have homework. Even weekends (especially weekends!) can be jammed with tournaments, practices, and tutoring. Not surprisingly, free play for school-age kids has all but disappeared. Decades ago, it
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My kids are getting old. And I don’t like it. Now that they’re in high school and college, my girls don’t need me anymore in the same ways they used to and I miss being needed as somebody’s mom. See, it’s not that I don’t want them to grow up. Of course, I want them
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Now that Labor Day has come and gone, school is officially in full swing. Here are some fun books to get kids excited about reading and going back to school! David Goes to School David Shannon David, a rambunctious elementary school student, learns appropriate classroom behavior in this perfect picture book for young
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Materials 1 cup smooth applesauce 1 cup cinnamon Cookie cutters Drinking straws Ribbon or string 12 tablespoons glitter (A finer-grain glitter will give you a more cohesive dough that is easier to work with.) Directions 1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. 2. Combine applesauce, cinnamon, and glitter, and stir until a workable dough forms.
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The desire to write has been part of me for as long as I can remember. While still a child, I wrote songsonly in my head of course I had no clue how to annotate them. Over the years, I have written pieces in a number of genres. Sometimes, the connections that occur with my
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