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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Simplicity

Gratitude journal: Simplicity

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 8, 2012
  • Post category:Family/Gratitude Journal

Tonight I am grateful that my daughter, Clara, requires so little to be happy. I know this will not always be the case, so I am trying to enjoy it…

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Read more about the article Does the television weatherman serve any useful purpose anymore? I think not.

Does the television weatherman serve any useful purpose anymore? I think not.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 8, 2012
  • Post category:Critic/Quandry

“Is this the end to the mild weather? Find out at 11:00.” This is what I heard tonight on television during an exceptionally rare viewing of live, non-sports related television.…

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Read more about the article My book has gone abroad

My book has gone abroad

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 8, 2012
  • Post category:MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items

It’s difficult to launch a book internationally while sitting at home, thousands of miles away, waiting until August for your book to publish here in the US. The reviews of…

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Read more about the article “In My Life” I have never seen anything better

“In My Life” I have never seen anything better

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 7, 2012
  • Post category:Family/Music

Yes, having children can make life more complicated and expensive, but you get a moment like this and you can’t believe how lucky you are to have this little person…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Idiot cat knows one important thing

Gratitude journal: Idiot cat knows one important thing

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 6, 2012
  • Post category:Family

He doesn’t know his own name. He eats and then vomits in the most inconvenient places. He eats dog food. He eats cashmere. He eats plastic bags. He eats the…

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Read more about the article Baby Lily is an orphan and I shouldn’t give a damn.

Baby Lily is an orphan and I shouldn’t give a damn.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 6, 2012
  • Post category:Quandry

It breaks my heart every time my daughter tells me that one of her babies is upset and crying because the baby doesn’t have a Mommy and Daddy. “But Clara,…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: No gestational diabetes

Gratitude journal: No gestational diabetes

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 5, 2012
  • Post category:Family

Tonight I am grateful that my wife does not have gestational diabetes. With three months to go before this baby is born, a case of gestational diabetes would have meant…

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Read more about the article That does suck.

That does suck.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 5, 2012
  • Post category:Family/Words

We’re not quite sure where she learned this, but we’re not happy. I showed my daughter a photo of her Uncle Jeremy’s cat, Mr. Woo Woo, drinking from the toilet,…

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Read more about the article Near-death understanding

Near-death understanding

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 5, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography

At the risk of sounding condescending, I’m not sure to what degree anyone can live every day as if it’s their last unless they have actually faced death firsthand. Maybe…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Exceptionally practical friends who understand that brevity is the soul of wit

Gratitude journal: Exceptionally practical friends who understand that brevity is the soul of wit

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 4, 2012
  • Post category:Gratitude Journal

Tonight I am grateful for the infinitesimal amount of time I spend on the phone thanks to my friends who also have no desire to use this device on a…

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