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Recently a video swept social media of a baby reacting emotionally to her mom’s singing. This story touched me because my mom would also sing to us, from the time we were babies through high school.

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October 29, 2013 Joe Ditzel

Baby Feels The Music

This baby reacts emotionally to a song. She is listening to her mom sing “My Heart Can’t Tell You No.”

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October 5, 2013 Joe Ditzel

Recreating Awful Family Pictures

What do you do with ridiculous family pictures? You recreate them years later. of course.

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September 21, 2010 Joe Ditzel

My dad was to the point: “Sit down, shut up.” My mom tried to treat each of the kids as an individual but there were a lot of us. So she pinned our individual problems on tags on our shirts: “Get off the furniture, ‘anxiety disorder’! Go get your brothers ‘lacks confidence’ and ‘easily bored and frustrated’ and set the table! Put away your toys ‘confused in thinking and has difficulty understanding the world around them’!

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July 10, 2010 Joe Ditzel

Grandpa’s Garden

I’ve been jumping rope lately in an attempt to lose my gut. So far so good- I’ve lost 20 pounds and counting. Jumping rope is convenient. The rope is light and packs easily. Recently I was visiting relatives and broke out my rope to get in a quick workout. My 9-year-old niece wandered by and, as usual, offered her opinion.

Family Travel and Places

April 18, 2010 Joe Ditzel

Crowded House

My father and mother were basking in the glow of their first year of marriage. They were sitting on the porch sipping lemonade when my mom announced lovingly, “I’m already sick of looking at you. Let’s have a kid.”

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April 18, 2010 Joe Ditzel

Ditzels Through History

I’m tracing my family tree. I feel that the history of each family is the real history of the United States. I want to find out why my ancestors left Germany in the 1880’s to settle in Dayton. I want to learn first hand the sacrifices they made. Plus I want to see if there is any hidden treasure they left that rightfully belongs to me.

1. Start a naked bowling league.

2. Invest in a car that runs on power generated by the human cold.

3. Build a golf course consisting of 1.5 holes.

4. Start a skateboarding school for adorable dogs in funny videos.

5. Create a social media site for people in the Witness Protection System.

6. Start a storage company targeting ex-girlfriends with huge amounts of excess baggage.