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“For in paradise, before his sin, man could not, it is true, do everything; but he could do whatever he wished, just because he did not want to do whatever he could not do…” St. Augustine, City of God, Book XIV, Chapter 15

It’s a refrain these days, “Penny, I am proud of you.” I say it when she walks out of school with her thumbs up, an indication that she has made “good choices” today (this after a few days of bad choices, which included yellow paint smeared across her new white shirt, in her hair, on…

New post on The Park Forum, “The Way Out of Grief.”

I suppose it is a right of passage for kids. Penny has come into the stage of asking “why?” about everything. A quick example: “Where’s Dad?” “At work.” “Why?” “Because he goes to work in the morning.” “Why?” “Because he likes to teach.” “Why?” And on it goes, until I give up. As tedious as…
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