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The Boy Becomes a Man

Paternal pride in our new adult.

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JD Breen
Dec 20, 2022
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Atlanta, GA

December 20, 2022

A few years ago, over breakfast with a mentor who’d recently retired, I lamented being middle-aged.

Having three children as old as I was, he responded by providing perspective…and putting me in my place.

“How do you think I feel?”, he asked. “My kids are middle aged!”

Like drops of water on an Arizona sidewalk, years evaporate …

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