Ringing in the Changes

Continuing the stooooory from last time about my lost wedding ring and my attempt to make lemonade out of the proverbial lemon. Trouble is, I like lemons. But I digress. So what happened? Some time ago I was introduced to the idea that we should never attach too much feeling to the objects we own; …

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Father’s Day: Letting Things (and Rings) Go

My Father's Day weekend, while perhaps not as memorable as last year's, was a full one nonetheless. On a day where the emphasis seems to be so heavy on "buy stuff for Dad," I was instead given several opportunities to reflect on letting things go, one in particular a better gift than any "thing" I …

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What I Did for Father’s Day

SO WHICH FATHER'S DAY EVENT DO YOU SUPPOSE I ENJOYED MOST: a) A cookout at my in-laws, with the Tigers game on b) Getting up at 5:30 to run the Ann Arbor Marathon c) My daughter calling me a "badass" on Facebook for doing (b) I think you can guess. As for the marathon, I …

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