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Life lesson #1: Don’t lie, especially if you aren’t good at it

I remember my first lie. I was a toddler. My idea of fun at the time was running a circle through our lovely 70’s style Ranch. I made a track from the living room, to the hallway, then the kitchen, and back to the other side of the living room. I was fast too. Just fast enough to brush a lamp off an end table. I didn’t realize it fell until I made the circuit again.

Lap 20. “Hmm,” I thought. “ I don’t remember that lamp being on the floor.” Like Forrest Gump I kept running. While running I contemplated the consequences of the broken lamp on the floor. “Maybe it won’t be there this time through.”

Lap 21. “Hmm, still there. Maybe it isn’t really broken.”

Lap 22. “Definitely broken.”

Lap 23. Path blocked by mom. “Uh oh.” Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on January 10, 2012 in Childhood Memories, Life Lessons

 

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One Step Closer

Disclaimer: Names have been changed to protect the innocent. Ok, so I’ve changed the names of some businesses because they aren’t compensating me for mentioning them…yet.

I knew it was inevitable. And slowly, little by little, it is happening. I’m turning into my parents. I’m one step closer to adulthood. 

Sure, I saw the signs a while back. It’s the little things. I’m driving slower and more cautiously. I wear dress socks all the time (but not with shorts or sandals, NEVER with shorts or sandals). I dislike being in large crowds and waiting in line. I crave going to that “country store/restaurant.” We’ll call it the “Saltine Crate.”

And it’s not only happening to me, it’s also affecting my wife. She too likes the “Saltine Crate.” In fact, a while back we went there at 5pm to avoid the rush. She wore a cardigan. It was 80 degrees. Read the rest of this entry »

 

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