Month: September 2017
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Retired and missing work
How’s retirement? Folks ask me. Well, retirement feels like a week of Saturdays with another six following that week. Retirement provides time to tackle my “bucket list.” Retirement says good-bye to the nine to five routine. That’s somewhat true, but I did not stop working one day and begin retirement the next. No, I transitioned…
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kids say the cutest things
“Where do you live?” I asked a four-year-old child. She looked at me quite seriously and answered, “Earth.” “Okay. So where is your house?” “Earth.” I gave up, but speaking of earth another pre-schooler knows it has gravity. He said, “My house has a LOT of gravity. When I walk around in my socks I…
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Determination to get out of poverty
The teenage girl left school fighting tears; her thoughts filled with her classmates mocking actions on this her first day of high school. All day, she had only wanted to hide as she walked between classes in the new school. It began when she had asked a student, “where do the freshmen go?” and received…
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Walking to the corner store
I tiptoed down the hall and peeked in the bedroom where the grandchildren slept. Eli, 10, already awake, sat on his bed. “Hey, Eli do you want to walk down to the corner store and buy something with your sisters? I’ll give you money.” “Could I go with my dad when he goes for his…