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Fantastically true advice. Been there.
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Thanks, Em!
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Well, I’m a daughter but the advice was the same! 🙂
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I always mean them universally – just don’t have enough syllables to be more specific 😉
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Haha… 😀 we must keep our swords ready 🙂
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I love this. I want it emblazoned on a tee-shirt with your signature and some wild-eyed child holding a patch of darkness with floating eyes at sword point! 🙂
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Haha, so cool! You organize the shirt and I’ll happily sign it 😉 Lovely feedback, thank you.
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I think it would be cool to walk around with good poetry on my back 🙂 You’re welcome 🙂 Can you imagine if that caught on?
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Haha, very cool! 😉
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Yep, great advice 😉
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😀 thanks, Nathalie.
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Do you impart your swashbuckling wisdom that creatively to your sons? Perhaps when you are playing in blanket forts?! Very nice, Ryan! 🙂
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Haha, it actually came from a conversation about monsters with one of my boys 🙂 Thank you, Kelly.
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Great advice, written in your usual perfect 5-7-5 fashion. Love the truths in this, Ryan!
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Thanks so much, mate 🙂
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You are welcome, my friend 🙂
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Sigh..my mommy heart just completely melted while reading this piece. You speak such great wisdom dear friend. May your sharp wit never depart from you!
Have a magical weekend! (it is the weekend by the way hehehe- since you are on vacay, you might have lost track of time unless your better half reminds of it, like mine does all the time lol)
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Haha, thank you! Could you send my wife a reminder – I think she’s forgotten! 😉
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Done 😉
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Man, isn’t this the truth!! Great advice, and so nicely penned, Ryan.
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Thank you, Azul. I have some interesting chats with my two boys… 😉
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I’ll bet you do–and I salute you for communicating with them…sadly, not all dads do that.
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Very true Ryan! Great advice and warning to be ready for everything life brings!
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Gotta watch out for those monsters 😉 Thankyou.
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Yes indeed! 😉
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