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This year, the fourth of July had new meaning for me as I am just a few months away from celebrating my daughter’s 18th birthday. Every teenager knows that this is the birthday that marks their independence from their parents. While it may be a small step in maturing into adulthood, it’s a [...]

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If Romeo Had Been Thirty…

I think Mike’s Romeo and Juliet post was dead on with one exception:  I don’t think the delusions had anything to do with age.  Do adolescents tend to meet cute members of the opposite sex, hear a couple of funny comments, see them do one thing that could be construed as mildly commendable and then [...]

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Losing Faith

It’s somber day for my daughter and I as we mourn the loss of our beloved cat. We both knew that this day was coming. We adopted Faith a little over a year ago and she was already fourteen years old. But it doesn’t matter how much you prepare for the loss [...]

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I thought that I was happy.   Or, at least, I thought I was putting on a good illusion of being happy.  Whichever it was, I didn’t want my kids to know that my marriage was draining the life out of me and leaving just a hollow shell.   I nearly had myself fooled and [...]

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My daughter had her first date (with a boy who drives) and it got me to thinking about how her view has changed as far as dating is concerned. When she was younger I would hide my dating from her because, in her mind, it would have been a much bigger deal than it actually [...]

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