Dear Donovan, When you were in preschool, you used to ask me to repeat the same three jokes over and over again as I drove you to school. There was the one about the chicken who came to the library, the one about the horse trained by a preacher, and the one about the duckContinue reading “31 for 41: Like a Medicine”
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31 for 41: The Pursuit of Happiness
Dear Donovan, The fourth day of July is just an ordinary day in Bolivia. That’s where I spent our Independence Day in 1998. There were no fireworks or cookouts in the rural town of Colon Sur, of course. The only celebration was just three young college girls from the United States enjoying some strawberry sodaContinue reading “31 for 41: The Pursuit of Happiness”
Exhausted at Christmas
Yesterday morning, I dropped off my teenager with my dad, who was taking him to school since I had to be at work early. My dad asked, “How are you this morning?” My answer: “Exhausted!” My dad’s response, stated not as a rebuke but with love, understanding, and humor, was not what I was expecting. Continue reading “Exhausted at Christmas”
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