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By the time Elizabeth was about 6 months old, I felt the need to add a second word to her description based upon her emerging character: determined

JoAnn Shade Columnist As young Salvation Army officers, we attended a yearly three-day retreat, and my parents traveled to our home to care for our sons, generally with good results. However, family lore holds a few traumatic memories for grandparents and grandsons. One that comes to mind is when Spartacus, our rescue dog, escaped out the front door and took off for parts unknown. My dad finally tracked down the dog and coaxed him into the car. Bringing him into the house and taking off the lea...

JoAnn Shade Columnist True confession: my mother didn’t like the Dr. Seuss books. She didn’t like The Cat in the Hat or Green Eggs and Ham. She wouldn’t have liked McElligot’s Pool or Scrambled Eggs Super! either, if she had even heard of them. I haven’t been a top fan either, so haven’t thought much at all about his books until this week, when his name flooded the news cycle. No more publishing six Dr. Seuss books Why? Dr. Seuss Enterprises made the decision to stop publishing six ...