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Singing to soothe my sons
I have three sons – a stepson grown and gone, a teen, and an almost teen. I was there when the younger two came into the world. I did my best to be a good dad to my baby boys, though I freely admit I...
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Reflecting on 20 years in Indianapolis
2014 is turning out to be a year of many anniversaries and passages for me. I’ve been sharing many of them; here’s another. I moved to Indianapolis at the end of August in 1994. My 20 years here can be...
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Singing to soothe my sons
I have three sons — a stepson pushing 30 and two teens. I’ve been thinking back on their lives as one of my sons turns 18 today and is making transitions toward his adult life. I was there when the...
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Memories lost, memories created, memories kept
Photographs restore lost memories and anchor tenuous ones. Through them I catalog my memories and arrange them into timelines. They help me create life narratives in retrospect. But there is a time in...
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Hitting the parenting sweet spot
My first wife was not only a good mother to our children when they were very small, but she deeply enjoyed it. I hope I was a good father to our young children. I don’t think I was a poor one. I loved...
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