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How to Make Coffee and Change the World
There are many things I love about Medical Teams International, but I shall start with the most important. These people do not kid around when they make coffee. For sooth, when the folks who work at Medical Teams International make coffee, they do it like every last one of them is a sleep-deprived mother of…
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Grandma Mabel’s Banana Bread
Greg’s grandma Mabel made a mean banana bread. Which is nothing compared to her accomplishment of raising 5 children to adulthood and only once forgetting a child at a gas station. But, since I don’t have her recipe for raising children, you’re stuck with banana bread. Sorry. I assure you, my disappointment in the trade-off…
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Vacation Schadenfreude: The Drive Home
“Can you wait 5 more minutes ’til we get to a rest stop? Then you can pee.” “I can’t wait! I’m going to DIE!” “Surely, you’re not going to DIE.” “I AM! I am going to DIE. It’s an emergency, I tell you. I have to go NOW NOW NOW.” “You know what, Mom?” my…
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Caffeine: Strong, Dark, and Yes, Please
Today is Day 8 of Single Parenting. And today is the day I’m doubling my daily caffeine intake. Ah, caffeine. I love you, caffeine. Several years ago, I cut caffeine out of my diet entirely. I felt so self-righteous. “Do you want some coffee, Beth?” “No, thank you. I don’t drink caffeine. It’s poison, you…