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# THE DAY OUR KIDS’ HEROES CAME TO OUR RESCUE

August 6, 2015 1 min read 

As the water cascaded down our basement walls during the summer’s worst storm, out from the drawers and closets and storage bins came our kids’ childhood heroes racing to the rescue. Faded and tattered as they may have been, their courage and strength in the face of adversity were exactly what we needed.

Click here for my Parents Magazine post this month

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