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Please Wake Up! It’s Time to Change the World!

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As many parents prepare to send their children back to school, I felt a burning compulsion to say something in particular to parents and adults.  Instead of focusing on getting children prepared to go back to school, I believe it is time that parents consider going back to school ourselves. Let me clarify, I am not advocating that you take a ... [Continue Reading]

Birds of a Feather Don’t Have to Flock Together

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How many times have you heard the expression “birds of a feather flock together”?  I bet you have heard the saying more than a few times.  But like so many expressions you routinely hear and say, what does it really mean?  And how does this phrase relate to the life that you and/or your children want to live. We Are All The Same Most often ... [Continue Reading]

Are YOU Ready to Start Living a Fulfilled Life?

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I don’t know if you saw the news the other day but there was a national story that was actually inspiring.  Normally, I despise watching the news because most news is depressing.  There are just too many news stories for me that tell the tale of some murderous criminal behavior, a politician deceiving the public, some nefarious international ... [Continue Reading]

Quick Tip: Everybody Needs a Hug and a Kiss Now and Then

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Everybody needs a hug and a kiss now and then. Just the other day, as I was walking along Michigan Avenue (downtown Chicago), I was reminded of this. While I was walking, I noticed a silver-colored - rounded triangular-shaped costumed character.  The character was standing about a block from Hershey’s Chocolate World.  Don’t worry, I remember that ... [Continue Reading]

Why You Need To Know That Love Is Both A Verb And A Boomerang

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Let me get this out-of-the-way, I realize the word “LOVE” can be a noun and a verb.  However, I am here to tell you that it is my position and it should be your position that when it comes to your children, love should always be a verb.  In actuality, love should always be an action word when it involves most animate objects but that is a ... [Continue Reading]

Happy National Parents’ Day!

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I’m not sure how many of you are aware of this but every fourth Sunday in July has been designated as National Parents’ Day.  Today is the fourth Sunday in July.  Happy National Parents’ Day!  The day was adopted by Congress and signed into law in 1994 by President William Jefferson Clinton.  The goal of the Resolution was to encourage Americans ... [Continue Reading]

Every Father and Son Should Have a Tradition: Day Eight

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Day Eight: Father – Son Tradition, I’m Going Back to Indiana This was the last leg of our journey.  When we went to bed last night we did so realizing that our eight-day tour was coming to an end.  We also went to bed hoping – praying – to get just one decent night of sleep.  Wouldn’t you know it the worse looking of all the hotels we stayed in ... [Continue Reading]

Every Father and Son Should Have a Tradition: Day Seven

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Day Seven: Father – Son Tradition, Good Thing George Zimmerman Doesn’t Work for MARTA Well we are now on the back-end of our journey and we are getting to the end of our rope of living in hotel rooms.  It doesn’t appear in the cards for us to get a good night’s sleep.  Everywhere we go it seems someone is conspiring against us sleeping more than 5 ... [Continue Reading]

Every Father and Son Should Have A Tradition: Day Six

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  Day Six: Father – Son Tradition, Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow Today was our final day on Hilton Head Island.  Not wanting to take any moment or opportunity for granted, when we woke we put on our swim trunks – after brushing our teeth of course – and hurried outside.  We went back to the ocean – to commune with the Atlantic once ... [Continue Reading]

Every Father and Son Should Have A Tradition: Day Five

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Day Five: Father – Son Tradition, Ricky Bobby’s and Be Be’s Kids Have Gone Wild Another morning where I just wanted to stay in bed.  I did not want to move.  I found my lazy spot and it was good. There was a lot of tossing and turning going on in our room last night.  I think Naeem and I both were still a bit traumatized by our time on the ... [Continue Reading]