The gentle waves of the lake added to the gentle rhythm of the day. Sitting down, watching my children acquaint themselves with their cousins they never had met, I couldn’t help smiling. All around me, people were making unlikely connections….
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January 20, 2015 Communication
If you want to know what your kids are really like, you best get to know their friends, too. I’ve discovered this eternal truth through experience, both in my own life and the lives of my children. When my kids…
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November 26, 2014 Friends and Peers
My father, who is now 81, has people he has called friends for nearly 65 years. These are men he served in the Marines with, and who joined him at his first “real” job. While time and distance separate these…
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March 9, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Growing up, I remember a song by artist Terry Jack: “We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun…” . Then, each chorus took a turn toward the dark side as the singer looked back from his…
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When I was a teenager, I was given a specific set of “rules” with which I was expected to comply. I had to wait until I was sixteen. I was expected to abstain from sex. I was to obey stated…
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