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It is that time of year again. Spring sports. Last night I was at the lacrosse field. Today I spent the morning at the soccer field and then back to the lacrosse field only to wake up tomorrow morning and do it all over again. I think I spend more time at those fields than [...]
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As a child my house was pretty calm. Well, for the most part. Dinner was easy. Car rides, pretty simple. Everything overall was pretty peaceful. My house today is well, not so calm. It is borderline crazy. Dinner is loud. Car rides are complicated with who will sit where, who is getting dropped off at [...]
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I recently wrote my thoughts on how I long for The Simple Life over on Smartly. Writing this made me think about the state of the world now, the bad economy, and how something good just may come out of the times we are in. We all tend to look on the bad side. And, [...]
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Imagine my kids yesterday when they heard the President talking about longer school years. Not happy campers. I understand where they are coming from (the officials). Extending our school year will keep us up with other countries whose children attend school all year and are “smarter”. I get it – keeping up with the world [...]
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Remember when there was a day when we could all sit down as a family and watch T.V.? Television was filled with good clean family entertainment. Family sitcoms ruled prime time. Some of my favorites were Family Ties, Home Improvement, and The Cosby Show. These shows tackled families raising kids, working, and maintaining good relationships. In [...]
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We recently took a family vacation. Key word ‘family’. Before we left I explained to my 12-year-old son that he could use his phone on the way there and back (20 hour trip each way) but once we were there it was a ‘family’ vacation and I expected him to spend time with his family [...]
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