All of this, made March 6th one of the best days of my entire life.

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Speaking outside Bute House in Edinburgh, after a meeting with First Minister Henry McLeish, he said his time spent as a minister had been "great times indeed, some of the best days of my life".

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My parents started their own firm during the early days of NAPFA. One of the best parts of my education was mentoring under my father, George Marotta, who I consider a financial Rembrandt.

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He served well and I could not play my best tennis on grass within these couple of days.

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These days, I get most of my best recommendations on entertainment (Downton Abbey, anyone?) and news (the latest in Congress) from my own network of trusted sources, or from their networks.

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After agonising whether it was worse to move my children to be with their father more than me, or to risk them being affected by my instability on bad days, I concluded that weekends would work best for us all.

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Amsterdam wasn't Israel, but it was close enough for my best friend to agree to fly there to be with me for a few days.

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While in the store, my curiosity got the best of me, so I spoke with the owners to learn more about their days of fame thanks to Target.

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