Family
My daughter and I have three cats—all rescues: There’s Snow White, our 16-year-old queen and my daughter’s consigliere, who, despite requiring thrice-a-week medication injections to keep her kidneys functioning, rules this place absolutely. There’s subtle Mango, whose first year of life involved struggling to survive—and avoid human contact—in a weedy vacant lot adjoining the United Nations […]
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“The life of an amphibious sailor was estimated at three minutes in combat.”
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“Raising loved children is the only consistent and lasting healing some will know.”
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My Glamorous Life: late to the pubescence party.
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The ancient amphitheatre was our destination; we had been walking toward it excitedly, with greater and greater speed.
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I have this friend. A mountain of unexpected medical debt buried his family at the start of last year. At the same time, the closing of his business stuck him with six figures of personal debt. Liquidating a retirement account and maxing out credit cards bought him short-term breathing room. Mostly, though, it added interest […]
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Today Gerald Levin died. The world will remember him as the architect of the Time Warner AOL merger. But I think of him as a grieving father.
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It’s a year and one day since you died. At times, I feel your presence. I listen to your music every day. I miss you.
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When you were a kid, what was a meal you always looked forward to?
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