Can You Truly Be Yourself in Florida?
Welcome to Paradise. In the town I grew up in, my hero was a bookseller who almost singlehandedly defeated the best military in the world. He lived near me, taught himself military strategy and became one of General George Washington's closest friends. He left school at the age my son is now to support his mom and younger brother and made himself the most interesting book seller in all of Boston. The thing I like about him was how he marched to his own drummer. He didn't worry what others thought of him but certainly knew the difference between right and wrong. People have largely forgotten about his heroics but, our family has not. Two weeks ago we traveled to Northern Florida and then Georgia for our son to compete in a wakeboard competition. While we were there my son decided that some of the water lilies were cool and he should decorate his helmet with them. Preteen boys typically do not fawn over flora or use it as decoration, but our kid isn't ...