Tag: waiting
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It’s Too Soon!
I was running errands with my daughter, and four-year-old Nolan was tagging along. Not by desire, but by necessity. In one store, there was a plethora of Halloween costumes and decorations, situated next to early Christmas knick-knacks. It was quite surreal; it has still been in the 90s here, and hurricane season is now in…
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Go Where You’ve Not Been
They borrowed an RV and headed out to previously unknown places to explore and enjoy. Little Buffalo State Park. Even the name evokes a sense of a fantastic escapade. A family with four adventuresome boys and parents with a willingness to experience the new and different, the six of them set out on an epic…
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Squirm
What happens when you get a stage full of bats, worms, snakes, and spiders? You get a corporate “Eww,” reflecting all things that make us squirm. Seven-year-old Cal and his fellow students put on a production that emphasized all things that cause our stomachs to twitch and our phobias to rise to the surface. A…
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Where’s The Magic?
My daughter and her family are legitimate Disney lovers. I’ve seen the ears; they’re worn because it adds to the magic of what is Disney. At least, that’s what I’ve been told. I’ve been to the happiest place on earth; that is their official tagline, a creation of the Disney Imagineers, I assume. I’ve been…
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Wait For The Music
photo courtesy of Annie Spratt on Unsplash I’ve been listening–unashamedly–to Christmas music for about the last four weeks. I’m really not one of those people who turns on the tunes of the season right after Halloween. This year I felt the need earlier to hear the upbeat and mellow music of Christmas. I don’t know…
Tip of My Iceberg 