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Fritz Kreisler was a master violinist who learned that an Englishman owned a Stradivarius violin. He sought out the man and offered to buy it only to be told it was not for sale. Kreisler asked if he might at least touch it and the owner allowed it. Kreisler tucked the instrument under his chin...

It's back to school time and every parent is hoping for a successful year for their child. If they go away to school they have the adjustment of spending more time with peers and less with family. If they home educate, they are looking for opportunities to continue building friendships while...

I recently went on a road trip with my eighteen year old son and twenty year old daughter. We were biking, hiking and swimming in Colorado. It's amazing how easy it is to travel with kids compared to the days we were escorting six kids around Disney World. Everything was very relaxed and easy. If...

Naturally, you want everything to be perfect when you experience the birth of your first child. I remember that one restriction I asked my medical team to honor was to not give my baby any sugar water. I remember waking up and seeing the nurse doing exactly that. I came alert quickly and asked...

Mother's Day is tomorrow but it's focus is often times on yesterday. It brings to mind thousands of vignettes of interactions we all had with our moms. And in that lies the take way lesson for today's moms. The impression we leave with our kids, the life lessons they will recall, are made up of...