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Family Life: Advice from dad

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photo Mark Kennedy

Before he died 23 years ago, my dad left me with some wise advice.

“You can’t count on warm weather before May 15 every year,” he’d say, earnestly.

Huh?

Dad was a smart guy, but his advice game was lame.

Well, I’ve decided to try to do better for my boys, who are now 15 and 10 years old. I’ve written down 18 of my deeply held beliefs to leave them as a thought legacy.