by Michael Popkin,
Ph.D.
Founder and President, Active Parenting Publishers
Move over, Steve Martin. There’s a new FOTB in town. After 30 years of watching our daughter, Megan, mature from the “cutest baby ever” to a confident, successful young woman, I had one of those rare, so-called “peak moments” in life when I had the honor to walk her down the aisle in June. I had no idea that my heart would be so full of joy with every step we took in that late afternoon California sun, but later when I rose to give my wedding toast all I could do was to repeat a line from the movie Little Big Man: “My heart soars like an eagle!”
Of course, I recovered enough to also thank our guests, acknowledge the special relationship my wife (of 32 years and 2 days) and our daughter continue to share, and impart a few words of wisdom to the newlyweds. The gist of this was the half glass of wine that I held up and said, “Some people will look at this glass and say it is half full. Others will say that it is half empty. But in this land of sun and grapes they |
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