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When You Have to “Go Through It”

“We can’t go over it, We can’t go under it, Oh no! We got to go through it.”   You may recognize those words from the beloved children’s book, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. I remember animatedly reading the book to my kids when they were little, complete with impressive (if I say so myself) sound effects. In the book, ...

Memo from God: Enjoy Life!

Our Middle School-aged kids finally started back with in-person school recently. After a year-and-a-half of vegetating at their desks behind computer screens in online school they were desperate to go back to IRL classes (Just showing off my recently acquired ‘with-it’ lingo. FYI, IRL = In Real Life. You can thank me later for that ...

Where Do You Live?

When our son was about two years old, we got him a t-shirt that proclaimed: “I still live with my parents.” We thought it was the cutest thing ever — incidentally, as newly-minted parents, we thought everything about him was supremely brilliant (Anyone else remember those gushing first-time parent days?). His t-shirt would bring a ...

Does What You’re Doing Really Count?

This last week didn’t quite go exactly as planned. I’m guessing that’s happened to you too in the recent past. You plan to stay on schedule. But the only thing that sticks to its guns is a blasted headache that ruins your day. You plan to work out and get outdoors more. But the only thing that takes ...

9 Ways to Create the Best Father’s Day for Your Man

It has an uncanny knack of sneaking up on you. Like heartburn after biriyani. Father’s Day seems to pop up before you’re even done recovering Mother’s Day “brunch” (i.e. toast and OJ in bed courtesy chefs under four foot high). Wives and kids everywhere are scrambling for last-minute gifts. Will dad end up with another well-intentioned tie? Or ...

Installing India – Phase 1

Pulling out another one from the archives. I wrote this post four years ago, when we still experiencing "reverse culture shock" when we moved back to India after about 12 years of living in the US. Four years on, I cannot believe that Trader Joe's and Costco don't appear on my to-do list. But professional in-home ...

8 Surprising Reasons I’m Not Skinny

I exercise. I've done Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred at least 30 times. I've not emerged shredded. Maybe I shouldn't have spread those 30 workouts over, say, 365 days. Really, though, Jillian should be more accurate about this shredding business. Soon, spring cleaning will edge out my already non-existent workout routine. I'm one of those who gets an endorphin rush ...

Why a Trip to the DMV is Just What the Doctor Ordered

The DMV has been regularly cast as a black hole which sucks the prime years out of you. There are  reports that they make you wait for so long the next day's stubble starts growing in (if you're a guy that is... generally speaking, of course). But it behooves me to speak up for the department responsible ...
MEET SUSAN

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