Tag: social media
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I Recognize That Face!
He didn’t recognize the face. Reaching out his hand, he touched another hand that looked just like his. “It’s you, buddy. That’s your face in the mirror.” At almost a year, Cal is interested in many things. The world has exploded with new places to explore, fascinating faces to get to know, and amazing items…
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Small World, Big Picture
Our world is shrinking. This isn’t a surprise. Awareness of world events brought about by social media is as natural today as snail mail was the norm decades ago. Yet I’m still filled with wonder when I find myself surrounded by new and different. Growing up in the Midwest, the heartland of America, there was…
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Another Day, Another Year, Another Plan
Out with the old. In with the new. New Year’s Day, 2018. Funny what the movement of the minute hand from 11:59 to 12:00 a.m. does. Time passes, as it always does. Night becomes day. We get up and move into our lives. But it’s a new year. A clean slate. A chance to reflect…
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Nothing New With Deja Vu
I’d done this before. Many times. Some things never change. Soccer tournaments in another city. A weekend in a hotel filled with players in muddy cleats and soccer parents wearing team shirts. Needing to be at the field by 7 a.m.–too early for Saturday morning. Hotel coffee and cold eggs. Heat and humidity compounded by…
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FOMO No Mo’
I do love a good party. Denver, Colorado. Isley turned seven. A birthday party with donuts instead of cake. Big-as-your-face donuts. Waffles and fried chicken. Celebration food. Daughter Courtney and her husband, Michael, were the hosts and chefs. Their tiny house was party central for this extravaganza. Spectacular food. Stellar company. The entertainment centered around their…