Moving day is fast approaching for me, and until yesterday I was fretting about logistics. Boxes for packing up my books have been hard to come by, and I was stressing over who I could ask to help with the actual move. One friend was available, but another is recovering from surgery, while my middle son was already committed to a family event.

Then I called my youngest son, and within 15 minutes my tension and worry vanished.

My son helps coach the basketball team at a small local college, and he hit on the idea of using my move as a fundraiser for the team. He’d kick in some bucks, I’d do the same, and the team would donate a few hours of work while raising a few hundred dollars for their sport.

Problem solved. I went to bed and woke in the morning a happy man, thankful for a clever so

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