Month: February 1996
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If the shoe fits
We were already pressed for time when I picked up my son to take him to the airport to catch a plane to El Paso where he was to attend a banquet. As we drove to the Little Rock airport, we talked about the books he had read, his classes and professors and life at…
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mystery meals
My left felt dull. It lacked mystery and adventure. So I went to the grocery store. Tucked in between the bottled drinks and packaged meats was a cart labeled “marked down for quick sale.” Hidden among the tired boxes of cereal, dented cans of creamed corn and battered bags of chips were unlabeled cans and…
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dressing for adventure
“It’s finished,” I snipped a final thread on the reversible zipper jacket with belt, pockets and zipper. “Try it on,” I handed it to my then 8 year-old step-son. “Thanks,” he grinned. From that afternoon on, he wore that jacket every day he could until he outgrew it. One day he confided, “When I put…
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crash course in real world
“How’s the newlyweds coming along?” asked a middle-aged friend who has four married children. “Oh, they are experiencing the usual financial problems: Not enough money, learning how to handle a budget, stuff like that, but doing fine otherwise,” I said. She looked over at a mutual friend who has two married children. They exchanged the…