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Eric Ho's avatar

Great reframe of being ‘difficult’

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Olufunmi's avatar

Happy Birthday 🎉🎈🎂🎊🎁 to Layla and many happy returns!What a relief you had on a bike case.Your write up, Awesome!!!😊

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Thank you, Olufunmi!

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Christin Chong, PhD's avatar

CONGRATS RE: Layla Bday AND bike ticket!!!

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Yay! Thank you, Christin!

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Rick Lewis's avatar

Loved the ending to the bike ticket story. What do ya know, a human judge! But then it struck me that you, also, through your honest self-observation and sharing are also being a spacious, empathetic, and compassionate human judge of yourself. Through your little stories about being a better parent you're demonstrating what it takes to be a better person.

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Thank you, Rick. I like this idea of honest self-observation. I might steal that!

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Rick Lewis's avatar

I definitely didn't come up with the term, but as far I'm concerned it's all yours. I'm sure you'll make it your own anyway.

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Polina Marinova's avatar

Happy birthday to little Layla!!!

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Thank you, Polina! Gah! Our little babes are growing!

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Matt Tillotson's avatar

Happy birthday Layla.

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Thanks, Matt! She's becoming a real brute and making her opinions known. I love it.

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Matt Tillotson's avatar

Can't imagine where she got that trait. :)

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Hahaha.

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