Tag: family
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The Twist #13: A Moral Dilemma
Let’s start with a dictionary’s definition of a moral dilemma: noun. A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two courses of action, either of which entails transgressing a moral principle. Don Blaney has many characteristics but naivety is not one of them. In his role as a youth worker in…
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The Twist #8
During the next three years Don heard little about the ammunition except for the one occasion when the sergeant who had arrested him turned up at his house one evening, a couple of days after his release from custody, to offer him a deal: tell him all that he knew about George Hegarty and the…
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In Defense of Love and Banter…
British working-class banter. Cultural or just plain disrespectful? Over the past few months, my dear new wife has overheard the banter between me and my daughter and was left almost traumatized to the point where I questioned whether I had been as good of a father as I had thought. Perplexed, I immediately called a…
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Adventures in Sunny Costa Rica!
When the tropical sun hits your skin, it’s different. And on the heels of an ice storm, its down-right decadent!! I had the true pleasure of visiting Costa Rica this past April to witness the wedding of my beautiful daughter Kimberley. The joy of a destination wedding was multi-layered: We got to explore new surroundings,…
Ralph Robb 