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A task I have been avoiding

A task I have been avoiding

A task I have been avoiding is organizing our storeroom. It’s a modest 10×10 space, but navigating through it feels more like tackling the Hampton Court Maze.  We have got boxes filled with cables from tech long past its prime, mobile chargers in varying states of disrepair, shelves packed with books, and enough household supplies to survive a year-long apocalypse. The plan? To properly organize it all. Stack, rack, and arrange everything in such a way that anyonemeaning mecan find things when needed. But here’s the catch: the current “organizer” of the rest of my house is my wife. I am perfectly content with the current system and can locate anything within minutes. Her version of a clean-up? Tossing out all the stuff I have “carefully collected” over the years.  I am totally against thatwho knows when I might need one of those extra, frayed, USB cables! For the sake… A task I have been avoiding

Me and my son

First time I truly felt like a grown up

The first time I truly felt like a grown up was the moment I held my son for the first time. I had held babies before, but the realization that this one was partly my creation was overwhelming. Over the next few years, as I (occasionally) changed his diapers, told him bedtime stories, and rocked him to sleep, that feeling of adulthood deepened.  I even became a master at getting him to sleep, much to my wife’s delightand my father-in-law’s envy! Now, when my son, all grown-up and in his early twenties, throws a tantrum and lectures me on how I should have managed my life, I remember a baby, who trusted me and felt safe in my arms all those years ago.

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 If I had a million dollars to give

Even if I had a million dollars to give, I would prefer to manage it personally. Having witnessed charities and NGOs in action while serving in remote areas, I have my reservations about their effectiveness. I trust my own judgment when it comes to deciding where the funds should go. The money should reach those in genuine needsuch as entrepreneurs with innovative ideas, children from underprivileged backgrounds facing life-threatening medical conditions, and bright young students who could benefit from scholarships for higher education. Additionally, funding for public libraries and maintaining public parks are worthwhile causes to support.