Parenthood

Family Memo

  This is how my family communicates: via white board. I came down the stairs to see the first note: Family Memo There is at least one large spider residing in this house. I failed to kill her and she got away. Since I didn’t know when I’d see the kids, I wrote my questions […]

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Corsage

Daughter was reviewing what needed to be done for prom preparation: Set out clothes Get hair cut Pick up corsage Son asked: What’s a corsage? Daughter answered: A flower. That goes somewhere. I started laughing and Daughter asked: Was my oversimplification correct? Yes, it it completely correct.

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Common App

3am xmas morning, I hear Daughter creeping around the house, trying to get into the room (locked) where the presents were waiting for daylight. I heard her rummaging around and finally wrapping a present in the kitchen so I went to get a glass of water. I assured her that I couldn’t see anything since

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Reputation

Daughter was preparing to apply for a scholarship offered by the NSA. This was something she was planning on doing for several months but of course managed to wait until the last minute to complete. The scholarship award is generous and part of the arrangement is for the recipient to work for the NSA 1.5x

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