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Book Nook: The Good Slope

Motherhood Moments

After Peder was born, in February 2000, I went on maternity leave from The Providence Journal , where I was working as a reporter. The trio’s goal on that spring day was to glimpse Zak DeOssie, a star linebacker for Brown’s football team, who was graduating and moving on to the NFL. Peder was a fan of the Bear and wanted his autograph.

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Book Nook - Memoirs of an Ordinary Guy: The Everyday Experiences that Changed My Life

Motherhood Moments

It’s a moral surrender and a foolish compromise of perspective and gratitude.” It takes hard work and diligent study,” he acknowledges. “A No Complaints Necessary. “To To complain, in my personal opinion,” Olmes asserts, “is to dishonor the struggles of so many. Find Examples of Others’ Endurance. Most of the time in very small ways.”

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