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My little girl wrote her very first short fiction today at pre-school. It’s better than most stories I wrote in college.

A Train One
by E., age 3

Well once upon a time this train brought mail to everyone. And then when he was done doing that he went home. And then when he went home he played with his friends. He played with his friends some more and more. And then when he was done doing that he took a nap.

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Today we went to see Playhouse Disney Live on stage at the newly-renovated Granada theatre. Both kids had a great time, but my daughter got an extra bonus when they asked her and one other girl to come up on stage and dance for the audience. She hammed it up for several minutes and took a bow.

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Yesterday afternoon we had to put our dog to sleep. He’d had liver and thyroid problems for the past few years, but over the weekend he suffered kidney failure and could no longer walk, and there’s just no coming back from that.

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You are a simple mathematic equation:
All the love there is in the world,
multiplied by ten-thousand,
compounded with interest,
invested in Microsoft,
added to twelve,
plus one
equals
you.