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Music echoes through time — but now I hear dead people
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and bottles of bubbles … During our more-than 2000-mile trip, that Arianna Grande pop hit was on some sort of radio perpetual motion machine, playing in every state, every...
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Feeling growing pains — and watching beauty and grace blossoming before me
It was early on a Sunday evening. The three of us sat around the small round table in the area of our house that we have loosely described as the dining room. I can’t remember what we were eating. But...
View ArticleThe 7th Grade Blues, When It Just Didn’t Add Up (for the first time)
It can be a rough tumble from top of the heap to just another face in the crowd. It’s a lesson Daughter and I have both experienced — actually, she’s experiencing it now. Many years ago, I yawned my...
View ArticleFacebook flashback photos take us back in time — but didn’t predict the future
If you have Facebook, it’s likely you get those flashback pictures — “10 years ago” and so on and so forth. It’s supposed to be a feelgood kind of thing. It digs deeper into your gut when a child is...
View ArticleWhen did this change? She couldn’t wait to get braces — but the price...
When I was 13, getting braces was a drudgery no child would willingly anticipate or take on. They were ugly, they made you look different — “Hey metal mouth,” and “Is that railroad tracks in your...
View ArticleFather’s Day: If you’re lucky, you have received — or now you’re giving —...
I know, every (male) blogger with half of a brain feels compelled to write about Father’s Day. I’m no exception (especially the half a brain part). I’m fortunate to be at a time in my life when I still...
View ArticleNobody wants visitors from Florida: Covid-19 means roadblocks at the border
Being 13 years old is a full-time struggle. It’s tough to find friends — 3 schools in 3 years, and a 1,000-mile move. She’s met a few friends since moving to Florida; the 6th-grade friends from a...
View ArticleSuffering social life: Teens need to see each other and get around, but...
Mobility is an important issue at age 13, especially when all of your friends live between 20 and 1,000-plus miles away. Normally, teens can do most of their feeding at the friendship trough during...
View ArticleThere are older parents who bear a painful burden, but step up to stand in...
There is another type of Older Dad, Younger Child in our midst: Fathers who are raising their children’s children. Many causes create the situation: imprisonment, inability to provide care, and in the...
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Christmas trees Florida-style: Shopping in swim trunks, but sticking with a...
Moving to Florida has required many adjustments in our lives and traditions. This year, the pandemic has walked all over family plans. My wife’s family takes an annual trek to a different part of the...
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