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Today is a very special day. I was woken by my daughter before 6 AM so that I could get dressed and get out of the house with her to walk to her high school with enough time to stop by our closest independent purveyor of fine organic coffees . On a normal day I wouldn’t get my coffee until after I have left her at the gates of… [[Continue reading]]

My former mother-in-law is famously quoted as saying:
There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters.
What most do not know is that she usually would go on to add “And hamsters don’t love anybody.”

I am thinking of this because my daughter, a full on 14 year old, a girl version of Legolas, recently announced to me that she doesn’t want… [[Continue reading]]