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The True Meaning Of Freedom

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America is a symbol of freedom all over the world, enjoying as it does freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press.  Our ancestors prized these political freedoms so much that many of them were willing to die defending them.  And though many of us are often accused today of taking them for granted, we continue to see people rising up to fight for them when they’re threatened (when someone else’s freedoms are threatened, too). Continue reading…


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How I Met And Married My Wife

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marriedI am the eldest of four boys.  In 2002, my second-youngest brother and his wife announced they were going to have a baby.  The news absolutely floored me.  This would be the first baby of our generation and represented a significant life change for us all.

I left their apartment that night thinking about life stages and transitions and found myself wondering why I wasn’t married yet.  I’d always felt I’d wanted to be and had certainly had a number of opportunities.  But I’d passed them all up for one reason or another and at 34 remained single.

Learning one of my brothers was going to be a father triggered something in me—a sense of urgency, a greater interest in moving my life forward, a need to shake things up—I’m not sure what.  But the next morning I began a campaign to find my wife. Continue reading…


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