Working with Thomas Edison wasn’t as magical as my first cousin, 3 times removed, hoped. But, I learned a lot about the cost of career success from the reflections of Walter E Holland and his wife, Alice.
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Category: The Human Condition
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Sunday School Squadron
My dad taught my Sunday School class for a brief time when I was fifteen. […]
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A Gift From Beyond the Grave
The last thing I wanted to do was impose on her heavenly hereafter. She deserved some time to do what she wanted. I promised I’d let her be dead in peace. But eighteen months into her eternal rest, I needed my mother real bad.
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The Reality of Fantasy
My son made aggressive air quotes around the words as he told me about the assignment. His voice trembled with outrage, “There were pictures of dragons and fairies and unicorns and the whole thing was about how those things weren’t really real!”
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Why Do We Live?
He thought for a minute, “Well… I think it’s to… swim… and to laugh… and to love. Yeah, I think that’s why we live. How about you, mom?”
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An Inventory Of My Mother’s Recipe Box
You couldn’t pay me to prepare or eat the vast majority of these recipes. How can a person have SIX salads, all gelatin-based, and nary a one featuring lettuce?
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Megan’s 3-Step Method for Getting Things Done
This method is pure gold. If I follow the steps, in order, things get done. […]
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The Epiphany of Yeast-Raised Waffles
That funhouse mirror convinced you it was true.
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A Guide to Your Human Condition
Humans are incredibly resilient, considering their squishy makeup. However, you will want to provide your human incarnation with the best food and treatment if you want her to thrive, stay engaged, and live as long a life as she possibly can in this chaotic, carbon-based, quantum-powered universal plane.