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The Arrival (Part 1 of 3)
I don't know if you've ever been smack dab in the path of a tornado, as I once was, many years ago, but it's true what they say: There's an unsettling, yellow-tinged calm all around, just before the maximum-force winds blast through. That…
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Born to Lean In
Two years after I skidded haplessly into the ranks of grandparents with the arrival of our mysterious man-child, the new generation gained yet another member.
And this one is a girl.
Aha! I nod to me, feigning confidence. Surely…
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At the Apple Festival
If I said it once, I said it a hundred times, after we learned my grandson was on the way. I don’t know the first useful thing about little boys.
Sure, I have a little brother. I still call him that, though he is a handsome six-feet-plus…
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On the Road, Together
It is our first road trip together, just the two of us, this fellow and I, and I consider that fact briefly as we climb into our seats. Is there something more I should have done to prepare, I wonder--but, too late now. We are traveling…