Word: reconnections
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...writing the ceremony. So far, the scheme is working, giving me the odd sensation that as the bride I've actually found a footing somewhere between self-absorbed teenager and budding adult. I have also learned that the purpose of weddings, aside from the obvious one, is to reconnect you with the family you have and prepare you for the one you hope to produce yourself...
...gold and getting a flight with “the famous Richard Busk,” a local pilot. After crashing (mostly harmlessly) he learns that the pilot is famous for consistently pummeling the ground with his airplane, sometimes barely escaping with his life. His attempt to reconnect with his less discretional youth ends in a mushroom overdose in a tent surrounded by thousands of hippies in a forest. “I crawl into my tent. It’s four feet away but somehow a little bit farther off than the end of time. It?...
...simply having a catch (and yes, we "have" a catch, not "play" catch), there was something about being on the field that was always blissful. Even after my inability to hit precluded me from joining a team, I would still saddle down to the local park on occasion to reconnect to my playing days...
...some would rashly trade this sweet setup for one longer, all-encompassing break between semesters. By having exams in December, a few students say, students would be free from stress over vacation and have a better opportunity to reconnect with long-lost high school friends...
Keith says he's much happier accepting rather than resenting the differences in his family, that it's helped him with all his relationships and that Dean deserves the credit for helping him reconnect. "Dean kept the door open, and I eventually walked back in," he says...