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Back-to-school day came again, and with it an urgent question: Why does it take the memory of a Hello Kitty lunchbox to make you realize that life is not a drill?
  • The Last Time

    In our children's baby books, we carefully record all the "firsts": first tooth, first word, first unassisted step. And yet parenting's most poignant events, as Gary so beautifully describes, are actually the "lasts": the last time holding hands, the last tickle, the last public kiss. Because we usually do not know at the time that they will be the last, we must cherish each special moment with our children. Thank you for the reminder, Gary.