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Heartland USA (Magazine of the American Outdoor Lifestyle), has an article about the Coast Guard in its “Lifestyles” section. The tagline is, “In the state with the smallest stretch of coastline, the U.S. Coast Guard’s motto — Semper Paratus, “Always Ready” — routinely gets tested in big ways.”
That’s my little brother cruising the (very tiny) coast of New Hampshire! Go Mike!
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When I visited New England last month, I got to spend some time with my little sister, Michelle. She’s my dad’s daughter from his second marriage, so she’s my half-sister. I was surprised to learn that she thinks that she will be married more than once. It’s a given. She’ll get married, she thinks, one day. And then she’ll get a divorce. And then, presumably, she’ll get married again.
This seems completely mind-boggling to me. How can you even conceive of getting married if you think - if you assume - that it will not work? I felt like I was communicating with someone from another planet. She told me that most of her peers feel the same way: You get married to the wrong person, get a divorce, and then find the right person.
When I was her age - granted: over a decade ago - I never would have imagined that. When I was a little kid, when I was younger, when I was anything before now, I thought for sure that what happened was that you got old, met someone you liked, got married, and lived happily ever after.
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