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Apparently this decompression thing will take a bit longer than one day. \u00a0Slept in this morning, late start. \u00a0Worked out last night and that often means a longer sleep the next day. \u00a0I’m pushing myself now, more reps with lighter weights. \u00a0Taking a weight until I can do 20 reps twice, then moving up. \u00a0That means more work per set and a longer time with the body at a higher heart rate. \u00a0All for the good of the team. \u00a0Team Self.<\/p>\n
There is a feeling of satisfaction, a deep joy. \u00a0Though they differ from culture to culture, there are certain basic roles that define us. \u00a0Raising children is one. \u00a0Being a grandparent is another. \u00a0These are old roles, ancientrails common to all cultures. \u00a0Who does them may change from place to place, but in our culture it is usually the core couple of a nuclear family that fulfills both roles. \u00a0Blended families bring nuances to those roles that are real, but they don’t change the roles themselves.<\/p>\n
Cries of grandpop! in the small voice of children has to be one of the sweetest sounds the human ear can hear. \u00a0Better than Mozart or Led Zepplin or I do or here’s your diploma. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Because they come from innocence, unfiltered and largely unexamined. \u00a0They are an unconditional affirmation. \u00a0I know this because I here these words from Ruth and Gabe with whom I have no genetic link. \u00a0That’s one of the nuances from the blended family. \u00a0Yet even Ruth, who wanted to meet her Dad’s real (biological) father and therefore her real (biological) grandfather, greets me with the same lack of reserve. \u00a0I fill the role, am the role.<\/p>\n
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Summer \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Solstice Moon Apparently this decompression thing will take a bit longer than one day. \u00a0Slept in this morning, late … Continue reading The Sweetest Sound<\/span>