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San Diego
I loved living in San Diego. I moved there in 1990 to begin my freshman year at UC San Diego, a school that I would probably never get into today if I applied! UCSD was perched on the cliffs of La Jolla, and if you had the right dorm room, like my friend Natalie did, your dorm room might even have an ocean view. I met my now husband, Greg, at UCSD in 1992. He’s from the Bay Area, but I did not hold that against him as long as he didn’t limit my paper towel usage. We are a mixed marriage-I’m Catholic and he is Jewish, he is a…
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Baseball and How It Relates to Life
By Colby M Brown Baseball has been my favorite sport ever since I can remember. The crack of the bat, the sound of the ball hitting the glove, all bring me joy. Baseball also has a lot of lessons that can relate to life. A strong work ethic, learning from failure, and having fun, are three valuable lessons I have learned from baseball that I apply to my everyday life. Lessons that I will never forget and try to improve on daily. Having a strong work ethic is vital in baseball. How do you expect to be good at it if you don’t work hard at it? The key to…
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Moms in a puddle of goo…
5th grade promotion, 2013 Windrows Elementary, Rancho Cucamonga CA Picture a video of our little cherubs while these tearjerkers played in the background. Not nice, Windrows!
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The Long and Winding Road
Alex passed his driving test!
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Where did the time go?
Alex takes his driving test on Friday. He is not all that excited, probably because driving adds an entirely new level of responsibility that he is not eager to embrace. While I am excited to have Alex drive for practical purposes, like his baseball games, I am sad too. He was a little boy five minutes ago, right? 2018-Alex could not even deal with his mom taking her annual “first day of school” picture, but since he got his driver’s license over the summer and he was driving to school for the first time-I was going to take his picture no matter how irritated he was. …
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How Dr. Laura’s book changed my life
I was home for spring break in college in 1994, two months before my graduation from UC San Diego. I had a lot on my mind at that time, from where I would live, whether I would get a teaching job in San Diego, if my boyfriend and I would stay together after graduation, all the usual twenty-something stressors that occupied my thoughts. When I was channel surfing one afternoon I became intrigued by a guest on “The Phil Donahue Show,” Dr. Laura Schlesinger, who would soon become much more controversial for the views she expressed in her first book Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess up Their Lives,…
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Can We Actually Stop These Student School Shootings?
By Arnold Nadler Just so you know my father was a passionate person about hunting! Downstairs in our finished basement we had a wood glass case he built for his gun collection. It was situated adjacent to a full bar where my parents entertained. He was proud and knowledgeable about his guns showing explaining about them. The gun case had no locks, myself nor any of my friends wouldn’t have ever considered taking a gun out without permission. Safety was priority on how I was taught to handle and carry them. Dad was proud of his two pointing dogs, as well as being part of his prestigious hunting club. When I…
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Effort Is the Secret to Success
By Daniel Blanchard The Strenuous Life is the name of a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt in Chicago, Illinois on April 10, 1899. Based upon personal experiences, he argued that the strenuous effort and overcoming hardship were ideals to be embraced by Americans for the betterment of the nation and the world in the 20th century. Well, here we are now just beginning the 21st century and I think Teddy Roosevelt’s preaching about effort, both on the personal level and a national level are as valuable today as they were over a century ago. The more things change, the more they stay the same, right? It’s just a fact. Things don’t get…
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Because I love Alex
It is my hope that Alex will remember the countless hours spent sitting on the sidelines watching him play baseball. Little League (7 years), travel ball ( 4+ years), and finally 2 years of high school baseball so far. A baseball game can be long, sometimes exciting, sometimes excruciatingly boring, especially if Alex is on the bench. At those times, I really do not care about the game nearly as much as Greg does, especially if it is hot. He’ll just play on his phone while I’ll look for a cooler spot. I’m probably the only mom with MS at these games, but I won’t get a trophy for my…
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Last day of school!
Alex’s sophomore year ends today. No more pencils, no more Chromebooks, No more teachers dirty looks… He’s an upperclassman now.
