Life with Jason Wright

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Wright Words: Schedule 'Daddy-Kid Days' on your 2011 calendar

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It's been 10 years since I first celebrated a "Daddy-Kid Day." My oldest daughter was 5 years old, her sister 2. The oldest ...
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Friday, December 31, 2010

Wright Words: Five New Year’s resolutions you can actually keep

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'Tis the season for inspirational columns, blogs and soundtrack-backed television segments about the power of New Year's resolutions...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Wright Words: How death made my 17th Christmas feel like my very first

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After school on Friday, Dec. 18, 1987, a friend and I drove to the University of Virginia hospital in Charlottesville. I was 16 years old. T...
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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Wright Words: Oprah's second-favorite things

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You may have heard that Oprah Winfrey, the undisputed Queen of Talk TV, recently shot her final 'Favorite Things' episode. If you di...
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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Wright Words: Who received the very first Christmas Jar?

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Call me odd, but my favorite time of year has nothing to do with lights, gifts, smells or snow, and it doesn't start on Thanksgiving. Ac...
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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Wright Words: Mormons don’t celebrate Christmas and other myths

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Just before Thanksgiving I visited an old high school chum's book club. She called it a favor; I called it a treat. There isn't much...
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Friday, November 26, 2010

The Seventeen Second Miracle on CNN

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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Wright Words: The holiday gratitude challenge

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As a child there was only one thing I dreaded about Thanksgiving. It wasn't the juicy turkey, sumptuous stuffing, mashed potatoes, Waldo...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Wright Words: The day my daughter slayed a dragon

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People around me must be wondering why I'm getting misty-eyed so often these days. Blaming it on allergies or seeing "Secretariat...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Wright Words: Failing to follow my own advice

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Hello! I begin with an apology for being such a cruddy blogger of late. I wish I could blame it on the new book, travel, my family, polio, e...
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Some e-mails are meant to be shared

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Some e-mails are just too good to keep all to myself. This one will have me smiling for weeks. Hope you enjoy it, too. Her enthusiasm is inf...
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Wright Words: No, I can’t introduce you to Glenn Beck

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Every single week someone writes, calls, texts, or flies an airplane banner over my home asking if I can facilitate an introduction to Glenn...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Wright Words: What is a Seventeen Second Miracle?

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At long last, The Seventeen Second Miracle isn't just a crazy idea floating around my head. It's finally a novel available in books...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Wright Words: Saying 'yes' to the green toy ball meetings

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I love most Sunday afternoons. There is nothing quite like coming home after church and knowing that until Monday morning, if you choose, ...
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

And the winner of the Guess the Number of Wristbands Contest is...

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Guess the number, win a copy of The Seventeen Second Miracle

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Exactly two weeks to go until the release of The Seventeen Second Miracle . No better way to celebrate than to give away an advance copy. ...
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Want an advance copy of SSM?

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To celebrate my Seventeenth Anniversary during the month the Seventeen Second Miracle is released, let's give away another advance copy ...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

In just 17 seconds can you name 5 nice things to do for someone today?

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The joy of inside jokes

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Recently a few friends and I have been harassing another friend, Matt, about his "Facebook negligence," specifically the fact that...
Friday, July 30, 2010

Wright Words: The Power of Praise

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I was in the third grade when I first realized I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. My teacher, the lovely and kind Mrs. Sampson, took ...
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