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This past weekend, one of my coworkers brought his parents by a work event and I got to do the very fun thing that I get to do very rarely: giving honest, effusive comments. \u00a0It feels weird (at least for me) to just turn to a friend and say \u201cDo you know why you are extremely delightful? Well\u2026\u201d but much more natural to meet someone\u2019s parents and say:<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you know the game Set<\/a>? \u00a0And there\u2019s usually a point in the game where everyone stares at the cards that are left and says \u2018Well, I\u2019m pretty sure there aren\u2019t any sets left\u2019 but there\u2019s that one person who always just\u00a0keeps<\/em> finding them? \u00a0Well, that\u2019s what your son is like, but for ideas. \u00a0It\u2019s impossible to get exhausted brainstorming when he\u2019s in the room. \u00a0But it\u2019s never\u00a0competitive\u00a0or like he\u2019s racing you; he\u2019s even\u00a0more<\/em> delighted when it\u2019s you that makes the connection. \u00a0So thank you for giving him to us.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But I don\u2019t get to do this very often! \u00a0So, I\u2019ve got a plan. \u00a0I\u2019m going to pick about five or so of my friends and send letters to their parents this year for Father\u2019s Day (and, this year, belated Mother\u2019s Day, next year I\u2019ll do two waves). \u00a0I\u2019m posting here about it a bit early, because I thought other people might like to glom on to the idea and to have enough time to pick out friends, write letters, and\u00a0stealthily\u00a0discover their parents\u2019 email addresses.<\/p>\n

And I should give a bit of the credit for this idea to\u00a0my<\/em> parents, who used to have my brother and me help them write thank you letters to our best teachers every year in June. \u00a0It\u2019s nice to learn what gifts you are already giving others, especially if you were unaware you were doing it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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