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ryan
09/07/08 01:29 PM

It happens to all parents. You are trying to teach your child something (or hoping that they’ll learn it without you having to go through the exercise of actually teaching it, via osmosis or TV or other really effective methods...
Tags: sense of humor, death, daddyfesto, ryan routh, humor, birds, five-minute mysteries

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Whit
02/27/08 12:56 PM

You may have seen Randy Pausch give his "Last Lecture" before. The video of his class has been circulating around the internets for a few months now. Below is a new video of him reprising the lecture for Oprah and her audience. It is touching and...
Tags: Oprah, Randy Pausch, death, dying, family, children, living well, advice

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Karen
02/03/08 05:21 PM

This past week I was faced with one of the things that parents everywhere fear: the imminent death of a loved pet.It's nothing like losing a human family member, of course, and yet it is.  Our pets, for most of us, are like family members, an...
Tags: cats, pets, families, Karen Murphy, death

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Whit
01/23/08 02:05 PM

I read the news today, oh boy.  The story of Heath Ledger's passing is sad and awful.  Even as I write this there is constant speculation and "breaking" news to suggest that drugs may have played a part.  Obviously that information is not con...
Tags: waltzing matilda, matilda ledger, heath ledger, boys, daughter, infamy, whit honea, celebrity gossip, death, dying, passing, feeding the machine, losing a parent,

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Whit
11/16/07 10:21 PM

The hardest part about our dog wandering off was having to be a grown-up about the whole ordeal. Losing a pet is hard. Watching a 4-year-old boy lose his dog is harder. I love the puppy. I...
Tags: love, puppy, boy, son, whit, pet, emotion, death, talk,

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Whit
11/15/07 02:17 AM

My oldest boy is 4. He's been asking for a puppy since he started talking. He's been talking forever.Shortly after his last birthday we gave in and bought him a dog. I helped him pick the puppy. He picked the name.
Tags: love, puppy, boy, son, whit, bladder, gardening, death, talk,

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