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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL The marrying kind My friend, Susan, married the other day. Been claiming that she was going to. Then, she up and did it. Just like that. They got a license, went down to the court house -IP Ronda Rich Dixie Di\ •as and formally tied the knot in informal clothes. She called me after the vows were said and done, bub bling over with the same kind of joy she had when she was 16 and fell in love for the first time. The giggle sounded the same as it did then. Maybe even gigglier. “Honey, I’ve got feelings I never knew I had,” she 25 push-ups - That's a fact, Jack There’s a scene in the 1981 erotic thriller, Stripes, where the main character, played by Bill Murray, is challenged to do five push ups by a friend. As Bill Murray prepares for this feat of strength by lying face down on the floor, his * Len Robbins Columnist airpub@planttel.net friend says, “That’s none.” I bring up this riveting cinematic moment for two reasons: 1. I haven’t made a published reference to “Stripes” in almost four months and it’s killing me; and 2. Don Magee makes Bill Murray look like, well, Bill Murray. Don Magee is a Lilburn man who recently did 3,010 push-ups in a day, accord ing to a story in the Atlanta Rudolph, are we there yet? " lilacon Your place ■■■MALL ,WUI HI mm mm IVI m% Sm 3661 Eisenhower Pkwy ■ (478} 477-7328 ■ www.shopmaconmafl.com 200 Stores Including Belk, Dillard's, JCPenney, Macy's, Sears gushed about the man she’d known for six months. Since she’s 43, I was very happy to hear that intoxicating love doesn’t die at 30. “Are you going on a hon eymoon?” I asked. “Nope,” she replied. “But we are going out to eat.” “Where?’ “Dunno for sure. Mexican, I guess.” And here I chuckled, thinking that when great love turns to marriage, it doesn’t require a flock of maidens trimmed out in gosh-awful dresses they’ll never wear again. It doesn’t even demand a SSOO bridal bouquet. It just insists that the man, the woman and their love show up. My daddy was a preacher and back in the days of my childhood, couples regularly showed up at our front door, marriage license in hand, Journal-Constitution. That’s not a misprint - over 3,000 push-ups in a single 24-hour period. According to the story, Magee said he could have done a few hundred more and he wasn’t sore the next day. In fact, he played golf. One more thing: Don Magee is 74 years old. Again, not a misprint. Magee, a retired school superintendent, routinely does between 300 and 700 push-ups a day, according to the story. Talking about his push-up exploits to oth ers, he heard about for mer Georgia football great Herschel Walker doing 2,000 push-ups a day. On his 70th birthday, Magee matched Walker’s 2,000 and did 10 more. On his 74th birth day, Magee decided to go for 3,000. It took him 13 hours. “I wanted to make a statement that just because you’re old doesn’t mean you can’t do things,” Magee Santa & Reindeer Arrive Friday, Nov. 16, 7pm Lower Level Near Sears Real Live Reindeer! Bring your camera for an unforgettable photo! First 500 Kids Under 12 Get Free Gifts l Win a Giant Holiday Stocking Holiday Stories and Music by Brian Fowler of Today's MGT and WPEZ 93.7 and Blazin' 92.3 asking him to marry them. Right then and right there. Somewhere along the way, we lost track of the num ber of couples who mar ried in our living room. In the spring or summer, if the bride arrived without a corsage - no one ever had a bouquet - Mama would hold up her finger for Daddy to wait then she would dash out to her massive rose gar den and return with flowers for the bride. I still run into couples who say, “You know your daddy married us.” “Really?” “Yep. You’s just a little ol’ thing, sittin’ on the piano bench watchin’ and your mama was the witness.” Many will chuckle and say, “Yep. He tied the knot real tight, too. It stayed tied. He said he would.” See RICH, page 6A said in the story, written by Ken Sugiura. “You can stay active.” Motivated by Magee’s push-up achievements, I decided to try for my own push-up mark. Being that I’m somewhere between Mr. Magee (3,000 push-ups) and Bill Murray’s character in “Stripes” (five push-ups) in terms of physical fitness, I decided to split the differ ence and aimed to complete 25. My 5-year-old son volun teered to be my witness. After instructing my son on his duties as a witness to this physical feat - mainly teaching him how to dial 9-1-1 - I lowered myself to the rug. “Hey, daddy, why don’t you do one of those push ups where you clap in the middle. I like those,” offered my enthusiastic spotter. “Sure,” I said, forgetting that I was an idiot. So I raised my torso quickly, pushing my See ROBBINS, page jA OPINION Here’s what to say to an adopted child about biological parents QUESTION: What should you tell an adopt ed child about his biolog ical parents in “closed” adoption situations? How do you answer his tough questions about why he wasn’t wanted, etc.? DR. DOBSON: I’ll give you an answer written by Dr. Milton Levine in a vin tage parenting book titled “Your Child From 2 to 5,” and then I’ll comment on his recommendation. Dr. Levine was associate profes sor of pediatrics at New York Hospital at the time. He list ed three possible ways to tell an adopted child about his origin, as follows: 1. Tell the child his bio logical parents are dead. 2. State plainly that the biological parents were unable to care for him them selves. 3. Tell the child nothing is known about the biologi cal parents, but that he was secured from an agency ded icated to finding good homes for babies. Dr. Levine preferred the first approach: “The child who is told that his biologi cal parents are dead is free to love the mother and father he lives with. He won’t be tormented by a haunting obligation to search for his biological parents when he’s grown.” He continued: “Since the possibility of losing one’s parents is one of childhood’s greatest fears, it is true that the youngster who is told that his biological parents are dead may feel that all parents including his second set are pretty impermanent. Nevertheless, I feel that in the long run the child will find it easier to adjust to death than to abandonment. To tell a youngster that his parents gave him up because they were unable to take care for him is to present l&\ /-^|*./. \1 jm jtmlSm. 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