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The Fam

The lesson.

May 15, 2010 Observations

It doesn’t matter how old you are. It doesn’t matter what other people tell you.
If you can find some courage (in yourself) and some faith (in anything) and some perspective (it’s not that big a deal) and some kindness (always be the nicest person in the room) you can make things happen that will amaze [...]

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Make a museum

January 25, 2009 Being a Dad

My daughter claims she wants to be an artist, and decided (all on her own) that she wanted to create a museum featuring her favorite "cruisers" (her word for art projects) that she had made in the past year.
So she went through the archives, selected a bunch of her favorites, and we decided to [...]

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The Green Light

January 14, 2009 Being a Dad

In the middle of a cul de sac in the town where we used to live is a little island of grass and a single, nondescript street lamp that holds the stature of myth in our family.
I speak of The Green Light.
The Green Light, so named and mythologized by my daughter at two [...]

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