Tag: wisdom
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Who Needs Advice?
He was driving. I was in the passenger seat, trying with little success not to comment on his driving. What increased the humor exponentially were the other five gals in the car, all of whom are certified back-seat drivers. All who had something significant to express about his skill behind the wheel. We managed to…
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Who Helps You?
Several reels are going around lately that show a man driving a car, responding with a sense of forced gratitude to his wife, who is telling him to drive faster, put on his signals, slow down, or park right there. The wife is always referred to as “his little helper”, as if he can’t imagine…
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Changing Colors
The ubiquitous ring pops. Colored hard candy that can be worn like a ring and sucked on like a lollipop. Its claim to fame is transferring color from the candy to the tongue. Every one of our grands has a passion for this adult-despised candy. Frankly, anything sugary that transfers color is problematic. The much-loved…
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Making Do With What We Have
Living in Florida, we don’t have access to real snow. The weather here doesn’t lend itself to brisk winter storms; not having them makes us want them all the more. It’s human to want what we don’t–can’t–have. I hear the weather reports of snowstorms up north, and I long for a single day of a…
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Redefining Old
photo courtesy of Tiffany Trotter How has time passed so quickly? One hundred days of school have been experienced since many of our grands began the school year in August, and to celebrate it, Mason’s kindergarten class used a landmark day to celebrate the halfway mark of the year. It’s become a popular reminder that…
Tip of My Iceberg 