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The recent overhaul of the student loan program by the Federal Government made headline news—not surprisingly. As part of the budget bill that was passed in July of last year, massive cutbacks in the graduate school portion of the loan program will go into effect on July 1 of this year, essentially unraveling a more than twenty-year-old initiative designed to support students looking to enhance their careers by studying for and obtaining graduate degrees in their professions.
Forty years of marriage felt like no time at all. Forty years of marriage left so much yet to explore, to share, to learn—together. There was a time in our own American history, when forty years was the life expectancy at birth. From that perspective, forty years was a lifetime. I should be grateful that I had the gift of a forty-year marriage, and I am.
Thanksgiving—around the world, there is a tendency to associate that holiday solely with the United States, but we must not forget that our Canadian neighbors to the north also celebrate the feast, albeit in October rather than in November.
