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Early Summer Trip day 1, home

Jack the Teddy bear — ABE (Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton) airport, now called Lehigh Valley International.

What will it be like to attend Cheryl’s 50th High School (HS) reunion?

The first time i visited Allentown was 1979. Met Cheryl’s parents and saw a great comedian at an outdoor fairgrounds stadium.

Cheryl had recently called off her engagement to be married to a fellow HS classmate. And i thought i had found the girl i would eventually marry.

Now here we are, Summer 2026…

From fellow RA’s on the top (6th) floor of a co-ed dorm to best friends for 47 years now.

Funny how life works.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click her e.

June 10, home

Disney fun — Attention to detail and a ton of fun. With all the serious effort to pull off a wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime event, this will be my contribution.

There are events Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Can’t wait.

Always dreamed of a High School reunion that wasn’t stereotypically loud, drunk, and forgetful.

Ps. Thank you Cheryl, Mark, and Joanne.

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Ordinary gifts day 5, home

Mid Life Celebration's first branded image — Mid Life Celebration’s first branded image – introducing ‘the chair’ in 2009. It never made the cut to use it. The designer thought it represented a furniture company. In reality, it symbolizes the movie scene that inspired me to write a book, which inspired me (30 years later) to start 100-days of blogging in 2009.

How do you define gift? How do you define ordinary?

Ordinary gifts are everywhere…

All we have to do is open our eyes and look around.

Eyesight.

Breath in our lungs.

It ain’t more complicated than that.

.hpm

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Ordinary gifts day 4, home

dog on couch — Early evening, waiting for Cheryl to come home from Disney.

Is there a limit to everyday, ordinary gifts?

No.

Why?

Because.

Because…

Bathrooms.

Kitchens.

Bedrooms.

Living rooms.

Chairs.

Flooring.

Lamps.

Weekly trash and recycling collections.

Windows.

Towels.

Stoves.

Microwaves.

Soap.

Pets.

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Ordinary gifts day 3, home

Disney speakers — The real adventure is creating personal vibrancy.

Disney Speakers think differently — Here’s to the crazy ones…

Apple logo – Apple is not a fruit company. What? You don’t have to make sense when you own the place.

Why are ordinary gifts important?

Why?

You’re kidding, right?

Ordinary gifts, like oxygen, sunlight, hunger.

Make sense now?

Then add on some more, like…

Craziness.

Nuttiness.

Childish.

Olympic podium Gold.

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