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When Your Heroes Fail You
I've been a big believer in Charles Barkley's infamous line, "Sports stars are not role models." We see it all the time, right? A kid looks up to some sports figure and idolizes him. Wants to be just like him. Makes him his hero. And then the hero makes a horrible choice, or reveals himself as who he really is, and the kid is crushed. The latest: Conor McGregor My … [Read more...]
Goodbye Aunt Molly
Early last year, I wrote about my Aunt Molly and how much I saw my mom in her. And how much she'd gone downhill since I last visited. It's funny (not humorous) how the elderly, when they are dying, they die in stages, like stairs with longish landings. As time goes by, the landings get shorter and the steps get steeper. They never ascend, either. It's all down. Just a … [Read more...]