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January 2010

Hero is Another Name for Daddy

My kids and I are comic book geeks. We love to watch superhero cartoons and movies. One of our favorite shows is Teen Titans. Although the series has been canceled for a few years, we still try to catch reruns whenever we can. After watching the show one morning, the kids and I decided to [...]

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The Case of the Runaway Beagle

I often travel for business. My wife, KayEm, and I stay in touch with Skype, Twitter, and e-mail. I’m always excited when I pull out my Blackberry and see one of her messages. But sometimes, I receive a message that I’m afraid to open. About a year ago, we adopted a beagle named Ginger. Although [...]

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I Hate It When People Stare at Me While I’m Naked

My 2-year-old son, X, is an avid sports fan. He loves football, basketball, hockey, even mixed martial arts (shhh, don’t tell my wife about that last one). But lately he’s taken up a new spectator sport – Daddy Baff. Whenever I turn on the water in the shower, he darts into the bathroom and yells, [...]

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The Mystery Reader

As I’ve mentioned before, my family loves reading. That is why I often volunteer to be the Mystery Reader at my kids’ school. Each Friday, a parent, relative, or published author reads pre-selected or personally selected books to their classroom of choice. Keeping the Mystery Reader’s identity a mystery is tough because the kids are quite adept at [...]

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Nee and the Spelling Bee

When Nee looked at the grade on her spelling test, she was horrified. She had correctly spelled 13 of the 20 words. Therefore, she would be one of her class representatives in the school-wide spelling bee. Although Nee is an excellent speller, she hates speaking in front of an audience. Actually, she hates talking period. [...]

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Thoughts on Turning 40

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13:11 There is something liberating about turning 40. I feel more confident, more energetic, and more in control of my life. In [...]

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Family Goal Setting

At the beginning of each year, my family and I sit down and develop family and personal goals. We never call them resolutions because resolutions are easily broken. Goals are more tangible. I learned the importance of goal-setting as a child. Although my mother never held formal goal setting sessions with my sister and me, [...]

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