You don’t have to try to impress your kids. If they’re not getting what they need from you, they will let you know.
AL ROKERMy first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, ‘So. . .you’re black.
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I also want them to know that being successful is not the real world – that their parents get treated better because they’re on TV.
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You can’t name an institution that doesn’t depend on volunteers.
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Mom and Dad even took in foster children. ‘There are no limits to how much you can love,’ Dad always said.
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You have to learn to use it responsibly.
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They wrapped her up like a baby burrito to show to Mom. Here were a mother and her daughter and I love them both so much.
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My own childhood showed me that when it comes to loving your kids, concepts like that don’t apply.
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We already had an adopted daughter, 10-year-old Courtney, from my previous marriage.
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Watching the scenes out of New Orleans, if you turn down the sound it could be the Sudan or any Third World country. But it’s not. it’s the United States of America.
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I love cooking for myself and cooking for my family.
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Exercising is what I need for my metabolism and for a better sense of well-being.
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My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, ‘So. . .you’re black.
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In the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She’s got a construction zone going on in her belly.
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If I was having a bad day, eating was like self-medicating. But if you abuse food, you still have to use that substance that you abuse every day.
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If somehow every volunteer vanished tomorrow, so much of this country would come to a standstill: schools, hospitals and libraries.
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When Courtney’s mother and I first separated I tried to be Disney Dad, showering her with gifts, trips and then I snapped out of it.
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