A quote: “The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.” ~~ Arnold H. Glasow

I’ll start with a story …

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Lisa was pregnant with their first child and made an announcement.

“I don’t want our child to grow up in the city, Steve. I want a lawn, not a balcony on the 10th floor.”

Today he was driving through his childhood hometown of Oakedge. It hadn’t changed much. Outside of town it turned into rolling fields. He stopped when he spotted the “for sale” sign. It was old, battered. But he turned up the long drive on a hunch and pulled up to a crisp white farmhouse.

An old man stood up on the porch and came down to the car.

“I saw your sign, sir. Is this place on the market?”

He smiled, “Yes, son. I’ll show you around. You look familiar, you from here?”

Steven followed Jim into the house explaining he grew up here and why he was moving back. Jim nodded while taking him through the house, everything as neat as the outside.

“I built this house myself when we got married,” Jim smiled, “We had 48 years, Jenny and me.”

“I have to ask about the sign …”

“Takes two kinds to want to brave that scruffy thing. Developers and family men. I know which one I want to sell to.”

They shook on it.

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Now, it’s your turn
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