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    10 Wake-Up Calls People Often Receive Too Late in Life

    Before you know it you will be asking, “How did it get so late so soon?” Perhaps you can already relate. So take time to reflect. Take time to realize what you want and need in the days and weeks ahead. Take time to take calculated risks. Take time to love, laugh, cry, learn, and forgive. Life...
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    10 Life Choices You Will Regret in 10 Years (and Probably Even Sooner)

    “If only…” Those two words paired together create one of the saddest phrases in the English language. Here are ten life choices that ultimately lead to that phrase of regret, and how to elude them on the average day: 1. Wearing a mask to impress others. If the face you always show the world...
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    20 Interesting Things My Now 80-Year-Old Dad Was Right About

    Twenty-seven years ago, when I was a freshman in high school, my English teacher gave my class a homework assignment entitled, “Advice for a Younger Generation.” The concept of the assignment was simple: Each student had to interview a person who was over the age of 25, gather enough information...
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    3 Tiny Morning Rituals that Will Change the Rest of Your Life

    Most of us are distracted from the get-go every morning. Trivial activities like checking social media, watching TV, and worrying about things we can’t control often set the tone of the day. And that means we waste our most well-rested time on things that don’t matter, while gradually losing...
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    10 Daily Habits that Often Waste 90 Percent of Our Time (Week After Week)

    Have you ever told yourself that you’re going to make something happen and then nothing happened? All details aside, it’s because you didn’t have the right habits in place — the little things you do every day that build up to something bigger. Your habits truly make or break you. Because in all...
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    1 Vital Step in Life Too Many People Take Too Late

    You’re probably familiar with what’s known as the Serenity Prayer. It goes like this: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. There’s an important lesson here — one that’s very often glossed...
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    10 Daily Habits that Often Drain 90 Percent of Our Peace and Joy

    You ultimately become what you repeatedly do. If your habits aren’t helping you, they’re hurting you. Here are some fairly common and widespread examples of the latter that will drain all your peace and joy, day after day, if you let them: 1. Focusing on how life “should” be every step of the...
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    10 Painfully Obvious Truths About Life We All Forget Too Often

    You know how you can hear something a hundred times in a hundred different ways before it finally gets through to you? The ten truths about life discussed here fall firmly into that category — timeless lessons most of us likely learned years ago, and have been reminded of since, but for whatever...
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    3 Daily Habits that Often Drain 90 Percent of Our True Potential

    As you age you will learn to value your time, genuine relationships, meaningful work, and peace of mind, much more. Little else will matter. Deep down you know that already, right? Yet on most days, just like the majority of us, you are distracted by so many others things. You give your time...
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    The Christmassy Cactus by Beth Ferry, illustrated by A. N. Kang

    Published by HarperCollins Summary: Tiny Cactus has a special place in her family, especially with the little girl who greets her every morning with, “Hello, my little cupcake,” and tucks her in each evening saying, “Who’s the sweetest bonbon?” When it’s time to decorate for Christmas...
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    Two books about Christmas and teamwork

    Otto the Ornament by Troy Cummings Published by Random House Books for Young Readers Elves Are the Worst! by Alex Willian Published by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers Summary: Otto the Ornament knows his dazzling looks should earn him a front and center position on the...
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    Come and Join Us! 18 Holidays Celebrated All Year Long by Liz Kleinrock, illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat

    Published by HarperCollins Summary: Throughout the year, a class learns about the holidays different kids celebrate as part of their cultures. Each child describes the holiday in a paragraph, with colorful illustrations showing a family celebration. There are sure to be some new ones...
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    Hanukkah Upside Down by Elissa Brent Weissman, illustrated by Omer Hoffmann

    Published by Abrams Books for Young Readers Summary: Noah lives in New York; his cousin Nora lives in Aotearoa New Zealand. When they talk on the phone, they like to argue about which one of them is upside down. When Nora discovers that Noah celebrates Hanukkah in the winter, and Noah...
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    Two picture books set in India

    My Bollywood Dream by Avani Dwivedi Published by Candlewick The Light Within You by Namita Moolani Mehra, illustrated by Kamala Nair Published by Two Lions Summary: Two kids share their experiences in India. In My Bollywood Dream, a girl who dreams of being a filmmaker enjoys an...
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    The Last Slice: A Three Kings Day Treat by Melissa Seron Richardson, illustrated by Monica Arnaldo

    Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Summary: Marta suspiciously eyes La Rosca de Reyes, the cake made specially for Three Kings Day. It looks delicious, but she knows there’s a plastic baby hidden inside, the Niño Dios. In past years, she’s sampled others’ slices, but this...
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    Celebrating spring holidays

    For those who celebrate Easter (March 31 in 2024): Elijah’s Easter Suit by Brentom Jackson, illustrated by Emmanuel Boateng (Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 32 pages, ages 4-8). Every Easter, Reverend White gives a special “Hallelujah” to the congregant who’s got the most spectacular Easter...
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    Dasher Can’t Wait for Christmas by Matt Tavares

    Published by Candlewick Summary: Dasher the reindeer is back in this follow-up to Matt Tavares’s 2019 book Dasher. Excited for Christmas, Dasher finds herself unable to sleep on the night of December 23 and goes off to look for adventure. She finds carolers singing around a Christmas...
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    An Ofrenda for Perro by Judith Valdés B., illustrated by Carlos Veléz Aguilera

    Published by little bee books Summary: Benito is devastated to lose his dog Perro, who has been his companion since he was born. As his family gets ready to celebrate Día de Los Muertos, Benito is slowly drawn into the preparations. His father explains that the holiday isn’t a...
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    How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen

    Published by Candlewick Summary: The dynamic Barnett-Klassen duo ponder the question of the title with a whole brainstorm of ideas. Does Santa cinch up his belt or shrink to the size of the mouse? Does he ever get stuck partway down and need a kick from the reindeer? And what about...
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    Decoding the Impact of Gas Prices on Electric Bills

    Electric customers across the Southeast have felt the increase and volatility of natural gas prices directly on electric bills in the last few years. Utilities in the region pass fuel costs directly on to customers, removing the risk of high and volatile fuel prices from a utility and placing it...
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