family
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My dad lived to be 88 years old. During the decades I knew him he would occasionally say something to me that I never really understood until I had kids. And that was simply this: “I’m an amateur at this too.” He was so right. We’re all amateurs no matter how many kids we have
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All generations have their good and bad points; mine just had better music Much has been said, and will undoubtedly continue to be said, about differences between generations. So far as I’ve been able to see, every generation thinks theirs is the best. They will admit that the one preceding theirs had it rougher and
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Besides scheduling time off and making sure the dogs are settled with friends, among a thousand other things, there was the matter of making sure the car was up to the trip. Road trips can always be magical, wondrous times to really get close to the family. Sometimes too close. What parent hasn’t heard, “Are we there yet?”
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How clean is your garage? That’s assuming you have a garage, of course. If you’re lucky – or smart – you don’t have one and in that case you can simply read this and make fun of your family and friends who do have one of the damn things. Here’s another question: how clean is
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