Month: December 2006
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Generation gap.
For Chanukah, Hadarya’s grandma Bonnie gave her a gold bracelet that belonged to Jenn when she was a little girl. When we opened the gift, Jenn exclaimed “Yay! Hadarya’s first bling!” Bonnie: “Her what?!” Us: “Bling. It’s slang for jewelry.” Bonnie: “I’ve never heard that.” Us: “We’re not that surprised.” The next day, Bonnie told…
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Good advice.
At Jenn’s staff holiday party a couple of weeks ago, I ended up talking to another husband – a former teacher and current ironworker – who has lived long enough to have acquired a great deal of wisdom that he’s able to sum up in three cardinal rules. At least two of the rules apply…