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Life’s too short to sweat the small stuff
Last week my husband and I received the sad news that one of our high school classmates had passed away at age 39. That kind of news really makes you stop and reevaluate your own life, how you’re living it, and what truly matters.
Previous Stories
- Living up to labels
- Everything about home decorating I learned from my children
- Confessions of a preschool dropout
- ‘Tis the season for a lesson in charity
- How do I find some "me" time?
- A move on the horizon: Where to next?
- Kids' sports: Too much of a good thing?
- How about reforming our health?
- Mission to Mars starts from home
- What’s really ‘normal,’ anyway?
- Lessons in character, courtesy of Gov. Sanford
- A better birthday bash
- A trophy life
- Why moms matter
- Pet peeved
- Swingin' a single income
- Growing up is hard to do
- Recreation commission commits a flagrant foul
- The organized mess
- Some guys have all the fun
- Lead-testing law played it too safe
- Baby food for thought
- The upside of a down economy
- What's on your 'Nest List'?
- Raising colorblindness
- Age-appropriate activities
- Art therapy
- We pause to interrupt our regularly scheduled life …
- Unplugged and liking it
- Nightmare on my street: Halloween horrors
- Going green and saving some, too
- Parents Panel | Homeschooling: The ultimate choice in education
- Fifth one's a charm
