So long, Sam

I recently read a story about a woman who after had, 7 years after her husbands death, decided to start dating again.  She found a lump in her breast at almost the same time.  It was a heartwrenching story  about overcoming grief and cherishing what you have at this very moment.  I was immediately struck with [...]

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World’s Greatest Teacher

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day’s work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. ~Jacques Barzun
It was my first day of third grade and I remember it as vividly as if it happened yesterday.  It was also my first day at a new school in a new town [...]

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I Can’t Believe I Ate the WHOLE Thing!

I have to admit, I’ve eaten more fast food in the past year than in my entire life. I can count on my hands the number of times I’ve eaten at McDonald’s or Burger King or Taco Bell. In fact when I was 17 I got my first job ever at a Burger King. I [...]

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