Written on
February 23, 2010 by
MichaelR
By Michael During the Depression, as my dad explained it, your uncle or grandfather might reach into his pocket, pull out a few coins and tell you to take one. If there was a quarter and a penny in his outstretched palm, dad said, you took the penny. If you took the quarter, you might…
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Written on
June 24, 2009 by
Kelly
By Kelly I set my squirming, squealing 17-month-old daughter into the bathtub last night, then ducked around the corner to grab a towel and washcloth out of the cabinet. Her rage was immediate and deafening. I apparently didn’t have permission to leave her side – to split atoms, as it were. In her mind, we…
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