Lost Penny Day
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I wondered if many people still stoop down and pick up pennies off the sidewalk. I do. Do you? ‘Find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you'll have good luck.’
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Farewell Cursive… and Analog Clocks… and Times Tables
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There’s a certain amount of nostalgia (and angst) associated with my learning how to write in cursive… the Palmer method never worked for me. Then there was learning how to tell time… the hard way… on an analog clock. And learning those multiplication tables by heart? Those 7s were hard, and so were 11s. Talk about stress!
Read MorePay It Forward, Pay It Back
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“We were the boat people you’ve heard of”, Dr. Ho explained. He was five when his family paid smugglers to transport them from Vietnam. He remembers a long, rough boat ride across open water, the boat being accosted on several occasions by pirates. They finally found refuge on the tiny island of Galang, Indonesia, at a UN Refugee camp. They lived in the refugee camp for nearly 18 months, awaiting processing and approval for immigration to the USA.
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