Among family treasures, it’s the ties that bind

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Your children eventually reach the age when you can entrust them with family heirlooms. For daughters, that is around 22. For sons, it’s 45. When it arrives, daughters get jewelry, place settings and quilts. Boys? Cigar boxes, pocket knives and money clips. But last week I went out on a limb and decided it was time to give son Tommy something I truly valued. And while I deliver the punch line, refrain from that sip of coffee. Because I gave him some of my neckties.

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