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good habits My dad is 92 years old. Actually, he’s 92 and a half years old as I reminded him recently. “It’s been a long time since I counted half years”, he replied to me. I think we all stop counting our half year milestones once we hit double digits. It’s amazing...
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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’m super excited for school to start!” said my kids never. In reality, they are excited for high school…to play soccer and see their friends. It’s all the getting up early and going to class parts that they’re not such big fans of. Learning is, of course, super important. However,...
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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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Thank you Marci. My mom did get a chance to read it to him, and I'm very grateful for that.