Uncle Kevin (MM #2309)
My brother-in-law had twins over the weekend, so my wife and I are an Aunt and Uncle once again. Being Uncle Kevin is nothing I’ve ever aspired to…
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Kid-Proof (MM #2305)
When you don’t have kids, you don’t really worry about having a kid-proof home. Sure, we made sure to cat proof our home, but kids are a different thing. Our nephews are coming in tonight for a visit, so the cleaning has begun…
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Christmas Cards (MM #2095)
Does sending and receiving Christmas cards still matter to you? I’ve always thought that they were a hassle, but now I think most people agree. I don’t get many Christmas cards and I’m sure it’s a product of the very few we send each year…
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Toy Shopping (MM #2087)
Tax time is usually my most stressful time of year. But the Christmas holiday is coming close! Especially when we’re toy shopping for our nieces and nephews. I honestly don’t know how parents and grandparents handle toy shopping every year for the little ones…
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Hurricane Season (MM #2027)
I loathe hurricane season. I know, it really shouldn’t effect me since I live in Tennessee, but it does. The majority of my family live in Florida, and you know the story there…
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Heading South (MM #1941)
It’s vacation time, and some of our friends and family are heading south this month. An old Ohio co-worker and his family are vacationing here in Music City, while much of our Indiana family is heading to further south. Both my brother-in-law and sister-in-law and the respective families are making the trek to Florida to…
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Never Enough Time (MM #1844)
Whenever we go to visit family there is never enough time for everyone. There truly aren’t enough hours in the day to catch up with the entire family. An now that we have a bunch of nieces and nephews time is even more precious…
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Round-trip Travel Time (MM #1712)
I’ve been a road warrior most of my life. I’ve driven hundreds of thousands of miles up and down the highway, but recently I’ve noticed something unique about round-trip travel time. And it makes perfect sense to me…
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Wonderful Problem To Have (MM #1708)
I was just thinking back to my younger days and some of the lonely holidays I’d prefer to forget. Fortunately with all the family and friends in our life we never have to worry about being alone on the holidays. In fact we had numerous Thanksgiving dinner invitations. And that’s a wonderful problem to have…
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The Shared Experience (MM #1532)
When I traveled to Ohio last I found out something about myself that I never knew before. I found out that it was possible to actually care about people simply based on a shared experience. The shared experience creates a bond that transcends some many parameters of life…
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