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Away from boys
I’m at SFO, waiting for my flight to return home after a weekend in the Bay Area, revisiting old haunts, and reconnecting with former classmates at my high school’s 30(!) reunion. This trip has been fraught with flight delays and reshedules – to the point that I thought “This is a sign that I shouldn’t…
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Back to school night #1
I’m at Tikvat Israel for the Broadman-Kaplan Early Childhood Center tonight for J’s back-to-school night. It was easier last year, when both kids were at the same school! So, next week, we’ll have this again for S’s school. I’m so impressed with the energy and commitment of the teachers here, and the fabulous director –…
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Learning How To Take a Vacation – Part 2
After our 2-day drive south,we had arrived in Vero Beach, to stay with our brother and sister-in-law, and their two kids, aged 17 and 11. We had spent a week with them last December, in their home, and our boys had gotten along great with their cousins, so we were reasonably confident that they would…
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Learning how to take a vacation
It’s always been difficult – from not preparing adequately, developing unrealistic expectations, and then discovering that the person/people I’m traveling with has totally different goals/expectations from mine – the end result is usually tension, anxiety and disappointment. And, after years of such experiences with vacations, I was fully prepared for our road trip to Florida…
