Busy Day

Posted by Paul

Today is quite an unusual day. Today I will have made two trips to the airport. The first, which I have just returned from, was to take my parents to the airport.

My parent’s story is quite an amazing one. It started well over a year ago when my parents told us (my [...]

Hmm?

I wonder if this passed the desk of Ken Mehlman.

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