please don’t raise your children to be assholes

Most days I am charmed to death and encouraged by the young. But far too often I worry about what is going to become of too many of the ‘lucky’.

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7 things you should never discuss

I recently heard a podcast where the host set out to prove that the 7 things her mom said you should never discuss actually can be fascinating. If you get a chance to listen, do, as it  is great. if you don’t, I have added my own take, so commit these to memory. Because, mainly they are very true.

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this is happy

One Wednesday, maybe 6 years ago, we had a famous author to one of our ‘famous’ JORO dinners. You remember these  Wednesday night dinners where anyone of us could invite anyone who had become interesting in our lives, a friend, the postman, a teacher, a boyfriend, a new pal, an old pal. It was my way of having my life and family bigger not smaller than it once was. This is happy.

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