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We just had our weekly editorial meeting, where editors pitch stories they’ve heard about by word of mouth or found by reading hard-copy and online submissions. Most of the stories in our publications come from you, so we love a full mailbox (both kinds). A big part of our jobs is reading, reading, reading those manuscripts you so generously send in.

I was reading the Book of Numbers recently and came across that familiar chant of the Israelites, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water!” In Numbers 21:5, the words were followed by another whine that made me laugh out loud: “And we detest this miserable food!”

This will have to be quick because I am in the middle of a big family reunion. Wait, there’s Uncle Vince. You better quit those butts or you’ll never make it to 60. And that was a fact.

Our hospice program once had in its care a young boy who was six or seven years old. When he came to us, his family had just about explored every avenue for a possible cure, only to discover there were none left.

While my children were taking out the garbage the other evening, I asked them what they thought I should blog about. Without a moment’s hesitation, my 4 1/2-year-old son declared, “Me!”

Mother’s Day is coming up this Sunday, and I’m looking forward to sharing it with my mom and mother-in-law. My wife and I are fortunate to have these remarkable women in our lives. The truth is, they deserve much more than one day of gifts and cards to thank them for all they do.

Since ancient times, we’ve looked to ants for their industriousness, their large yet high-functioning societies and their stewardship of resources (check out Proverbs 6:6-8 and 30:24-25). A new study shows we have more to learn from ants than we’d thought. They even give us reason for more positive thinking about aging.