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93 Days: A Lesson In Life, Love, and Hope

April 27, 2013

The fact that the girls are now in school is amazing to me considering their humble beginnings. Like many things in life, the beauty is the journey and it’s taken me some time to be able to really accept and process the journey that brought us to where we are today. When Val and I [...]

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That First Best Friend

April 26, 2013

The one that: Chased you around the playground. Ate at the same table with you in the lunchroom. Made you feel cool for the first time. Got sent to the office with you for the first time. Liked the same girl as you did. Rode bikes with you through the neighborhood for the first time [...]

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The 2012 Durney Family Christmas Letter

December 24, 2012

Each year, I procrastinate writing this letter until the last minute.  This year is no different.  For days now, I’ve been attempting to make some progress, but with the recent events in Newtown, CT, I’ve had difficulty trying to find humor and joviality in my retrospective holiday rhetoric and in the holidays in general.  But [...]

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Memo From a Child to His Parents

May 30, 2012

Sometimes we need to be reminded – and often.  Now is as good a time as any. The below appeared in an ad in the New York Times on March 26, 1988.  The writer is unknown.  It was reprinted in an editorial by the late Dr. Frank Oski, former Chairman of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins [...]

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OPPOSE MA HB 1445

April 30, 2012

HB 1445 is a bill that seeks to provide requirements for the handling and care of domestic animals in connection with their adoption, sale, barter, transfer or exchange within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Yet HB 1445 would regulate only shelters and rescue organizations, leaving breeders unregulated. In fact, breeders in Massachusetts not only do not [...]

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2011 | Happy. Everything

December 18, 2011

2011 was a year of change: new beginnings and a renewed dedication to the things we love, cherish, and feel the most passionate about. In a sense, it was a time to reflect, re-calibrate, and implement tangible changes in our lives that allowed us ‘walk the talk’ and feel better about the example we were [...]

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93 Days – A Lesson In Love, Life, and Hope

August 29, 2011

Last in a 4 part series.  To read the story in its entirety, click HERE.   The ensuing hours passed ever so slowly.  My worst nightmare was unfolding before me and I knew at that very moment, my life was altered forever.  True fear is an awareness of a complete lack of control and when [...]

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The Garlic Queen

May 23, 2011

Some people are like garlic. Layered with complexity but simple in their purpose. Often difficult to peel its textured and raw external shell, Only to find that at its core, to be smooth and firm, and brimming with culinary charm. And when those fearless hearted cloves swim in a sea of hot and simmering oil, [...]

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My Winter Fat Suit

December 17, 2010

There is something cathartic about the Holiday Letter for me each year. As I sit down to write this (after several – we’ll call them subtle – hints by Val considering the Christmas cards arrived almost a week ago now), I re-visit 2010. What has happened? What was good? What was bad? And what would [...]

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Man’s Best Friend

July 27, 2010

Tomorrow is Preston’s birthday. He’ll be 5. Hard to believe that it was just 5 years ago that he became part of our family. Of course we would love him and take care of him and welcome him into our hearts. But for some of us, the bond with our dogs can be so much [...]

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