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Life Plan Next month I’ll “celebrate” the 31st anniversary of turning 21. Thirty. One. Years. To me, that passing of time seems both fleeting and possessing of so much. In my twenties, life seemed so wide open. I couldn’t conceive of the many things I didn’t know and would learn along the...
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Last week my wife and I spent a lovely weekend in Los Angeles. We invaded my cousin’s home and spent time with his wonderful family. As an aside, the two energetic and precocious boys we temporarily displaced from their bedroom made me feel both wistful and relieved as I thought...
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“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really: Get busy living, or get busy dying.” This is my favorite quote from one of my favorite movies, The Shawshank Redemption. Andy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins) is an innocent man who is wrongly convicted and imprisoned for a horrific crime. ...
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I still recall where I was when my wife Janine texted me on the morning of September 21, 2016. I was in a meeting in Folsom, CA when I received her message along the lines of: “Hey not to alarm you but Dave hasn’t checked in when he said he...
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Quick question: how many of your New Year resolutions have you continued to follow through on now that we’re more than halfway through the year? None? That’s my answer. In full disclosure, I actually no longer make resolutions for the coming year. I’ve come to realize that no amount of will...
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I’m back at it after a long vacation in Vermont and up-state New York. I expected to be charmed by the natural beauty and thick slices of Americana that make this truly a beautiful part of the world. Happily, my expectations were exceeded. Expectations are a funny construct of the...
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Thank you Marci. My mom did get a chance to read it to him, and I'm very grateful for that.