This year, we’re excited to invite you into the magical world of The Time Shop and introduce you to Sam, a little girl who is on a quest to bring her family together. So click play, come along for the journey to discover the magic of Together Time, and learn how you can give the gift of time this December.
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LANSING — Asking for the recipe for Weston’s Kewpee Burger’s olive sauce is like asking for nuclear codes.
You’re not going to get an answer.
The mayonnaise-and-green-olive concoction has been a staple of the family-run joint in downtown Lansing since the 1920s, when current owner Autumn Weston’s great-grandmother first wrote down the recipe. It’s the same version they use today.
“Olives are one of those things: People love them or hate them,” Weston said. “Some people, it takes convincing. But, once you do, they’re really surprised by how much they enjoy it.”
Michigan is a state filled with Midwestern delicacies. There are Vernors floats and Rice Krispies treats. Flint and Detroit have their coney dogs with their respective dry and soupy chili sauces. Traverse City has cherries. Mackinac Island has fudge.
If mid-Michigan has a culinary staple, it’s the olive burger, a unique iteration of the hamburger made up of a beef patty topped with a mixture of mayonnaise, chopped olives and often olive brine. While the burger’s origins are a bit mysterious, over time it’s become a Lansing staple, cropping up on the menus at dive bars and trendy eateries alike.
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It spurred a friendship, then, years later, a visit to a clinic. There I realized I was to become a doctor.
It’s a season of thanks—and also of interviews for medical schools and residency programs. I share the pros and cons of my hospital’s residency program with applicants who are neatly dressed in the same clothes, with the same résumés, from the same prestigious institutions. Any one of them is a stronger candidate than I was a few years ago. In addition to the usual platitudes about how well-fed we are, how diverse our patients are, and how expert our experts are, I like to make one other claim on their appraisal of programs.
I tell them, “Hughlings Jackson, the father of English neurology, once observed that you can tell a lot about a man by what he laughs at. So while you’re visiting with us, judge us on what makes us jolly and learn what makes us thankful. Our gratitude reveals our values.”
At the postinterview dinner, one applicant turns to me and asks: “So what are you thankful for?”
I open my backpack to show him my latest purchases—boxes of stationery. Then I tell him two stories.
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Today’s Lansing State Journal front page. Worthwhile read of my mom, Jackie West, and dad, Don West, with a big THANK YOU to Matter Dae of the LSJ.
“I’ve spent a fair amount of time with the West family these past few months – Am honored and grateful they allowed me in and gave me a chance to tell their story. It’s not often I am moved to tears while behind the camera – Please take a moment to watch this video. Do share if you too are moved.”
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To the man in 2D. Today you were traveling from Orlando to Philly. I don’t know you, but I imagine you saw us somewhere. I was pushing a stroller, had a diaper bag on my arm and also lugging an oxygen machine for my daughter. We had smiles on our faces as we were headed to see her “friends” at CHOP (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia). We pre-boarded the plane, got cozy in our window seat and made jokes to those around us about having to sit by my yelling-but-happy baby. The flight attendant came over and told me you were waiting to switch seats. You were giving up your comfortable, first class seat to us.
Not able to hold back tears, I cried my way up the aisle while my daughter Lucy laughed! She felt it in her bones too… real, pure, goodness. I smiled and thanked you as we switched but didn’t get to thank you properly.
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Sooo… thank you. Not just for the seat itself but for noticing. For seeing us and realizing that maybe things are not always easy. For deciding you wanted to show a random act of kindness to US. It reminded me how much good there is in this world. I can’t wait to tell Lucy someday. In the meantime… we will pay it forward. AA 588 passenger in seat 2D, we truly feel inspired by your generosity.Please share so we can say thanks!
#pleasesharepayitforward
#americanairlines #ifyoufindhimtellhimthanks
#overwhelmedbykindness
#kindnessalwayswins
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Run your partner (quietly) through this test.“If the person you are talking to doesn’t appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.” — AA Milne, Winnie the Pooh
I was working with a man who was beating up on himself because he couldn’t make a relationship work.
He’d been married twice and a third serious relationship had just fallen over. He’d taken all the responsibility for these breakups and believed he was just “no good” at building lasting relationships.
It’s common for people who’ve been hurt to have this belief system — but it’s not helpful. It’s more useful to work out why a relationship broke up, your role in it and how you might do things better or differently next time.
That’s not always easy. When you’ve had a difficult relationship history or been traumatised, rejected or hurt, it can shape your beliefs on what you expect, need or want from a relationship.
It can skew your thoughts on what’s acceptable in a partner, what you could (and should) work on — and when you should pack up and run.
7 Most Desirable Traits in a Partner
Whenever I work with people who’ve been hurt we spend time figuring out what a healthy relationship looks like so they’ll go into the next one stronger and clearer about their needs.
We’re all different but, interestingly, the same requirements keep rising to the top. Here they are, with a fresh spin:
1. Kindness: Your partner peels your orange (but only if you like oranges).
“But love can only truly be measured by actions. It can be a small thing, such as peeling an orange for a person you love because you know they don’t like doing it.”
— Marian KeyesIn other words, your partner is kind to you, they pay attention to the little things. Lots of them. Your partner knows what you like — and what you don’t — and delivers on it. He or she will go out of their way to do something small to improve your day. And you’ll do it for them — not because you need to pay back but because you’re a good partner too. Kindness is paramount for a reason. We all have our moments but a mean and critical person will eventually bring it home — and you don’t want to be on the end of it.
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