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Once In A While You Get A Moment Of Clarity - An Inspiration - And They Don't Come That Frequently.

As You Get Older You Realize Your Parents Don't Look So Dumb - And That You're Not As Smart As You Thought You Were.

Younger Kids, They Understand That Things Aren't So Perfect With Their Father Or With Their Mother.

Sometimes It Works Out Well, And Certain Household Responsibilities Fall Naturally To Those Who Like Doing Them. For Example, My Wife Likes To Pack Suitcases, I Like To Unpack Them. My Wife Likes To Buy Groceries, I Like To Put Them Away. I Do. I Like The Handling And Discovering, And The Location Assignments. Cans - Over There. Fruit - Over There. Bananas - Not So Fast. You Go Over Here. When You Learn Not To Go Bad So Quickly, Then You Can Stay With The Rest Of Your Friends.

People Come Up To Us And Ask How We Knew So Much About Their Own Family... I'm Talking About People From Faraway Places, Too. I Get People From Turkey And Chile Coming Up To Me And Saying I Wrote About Their Family.