In three days our hearts are going to break - again. No, there's no divorce or funeral or rejection letter coming that I know of at least. Rather, my daughter, son-in-law and two of our grandsons (almost one and three) will be moving from a home fifteen minutes away to over six ...
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There are few parents out there who don't want to give their kids the best of everything - education, opportunities and experiences. Many of us who didn't have that much growing up certainly want our children to have more than we did. And there is nothing wrong with that perspective ...
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In several years of blogging at this site I've not written a post related to Father's Day. So in honor of this FD weekend, let me offer my Top Ten List for dads of things great fathers do: 1. They love their wives. 2. They keep their word to their spouse and kids. ...
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When I was a young boy my grandfather took me on a train trip from Detroit to Niagara Falls. I don't remember a lot of that jaunt but I do remember being so thrilled to travel with my grandpa and to ride on a train, something I'd never done before. Apparently before we ...
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I recently endured two somewhat painful procedures. One was to remove some melanoma from my scalp. The second was to have a wisdom tooth extracted. While not equal to that of childbirth (though at times I wondered), each event resulted in some significant pain that I would have ...
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