Everyone wants to be successful in their life. That’s the easy part. The bigger question that’s open to interpretation: what’s the measure of success? Is it money, possessions, a happy family, self satisfaction, a life of leisure, a career you enjoy? Is it all of these — or none of these? So just how do […]
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Second chances are not a question, but a necessity. The world relies on second chances, and on thirds and fourths, to keep moving. For the 9-month-old brought from a Cambodia orphanage into a Southwest Ohio home. For the woman who suffered a heart attack before the age of thirty and survived to become a mother. […]
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It was morning when I arrived with my mother on an overcast day. I felt anxious, understandably, because I had no idea what the next couple of hours would entail. “What was going to happen?” was the question that established itself in my small, five-year-old head, as I held on to my mother’s hand as […]
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From the day I was wrapped in my new born baby blanket I was daddy’s baby girl. I would cry if anybody else held me, wouldn’t even let my mom hold me long enough to feed me, leaving her with no choice but to let my dad bottle-feed me at five months, thus beginning our […]
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In the 2010 movie Lottery Ticket, Kevin Carson is a young male who realizes he has a winning lottery ticket. Kevin wins on a holiday weekend, so he has to wait three days before he can cash the ticket. During this time, he faces difficulties trying to avoid opportunistic neighbors, greedy loan sharks, and bullies. […]
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Whenever I am asked to share my ‘Master Plan’ for a happy life, I always begin with the same silly gag; first I win the Lottery. Of course in order to win the lottery, you must play the lottery and truthfully, I have never bought a lottery ticket in my life. To be honest, I […]
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Fathers are guaranteed to affect a child’s life. There is no getting around that. Whether the father is loving or neglectful, competitive or laid back, driven or lazy. My dad has always been one with logic. When I was younger, it infuriated me. If I was scared of going to sleep upstairs he would assure […]
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I can always tell when someone has been in contact with an orange. The thick, rough skin leaves a certain texture on you: oily and fruity. I can smell the citrus on your skin, on your breath, through the brown paper bag hiding your lunch, and with it your big, juicy orange. I know exactly […]
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