If you have little ones, you will most likely have the opportunity to defend them from the great beasts of the imagination. Its a personal challenge I live for. Simon is one of the most creative 3 years olds I have ever met. His 10 siblings would agree. He also has an imagination second to none. I’m just waiting to...
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I saw something last Saturday that made me laugh so hard my sides hurt. Took the children to T-Ball and cheered my guts out. During the game, two children, a boy and a girl on the opposite team had the ball drop right smack between them. Everyone’s screaming and pointing at them as my daughter runs to first base. Yet...
read moreWhat did you do for your mother on Mothers Day? I know I should try and say something profound, maybe something pithy, but I’m at a loss. My mom died in 2006 in a car accident. My mother in law gets bombarded with cards made from my children. Kathi doesn’t give a fat jockey about the holiday (she can’t stand most...
read moreI’m getting slower and developing more patience the older I get. Not slower moving, though that seems to be creeping up, but rather slower to anger. My mind sees more, understands more and when I talk with my children, I find myself a councilman more than laying down ‘The Law’. Kids (the non-goat type) get to a...
read moreBeing apparent is one of the greatest blessings of life. To have best friends born to you as children, to have the opportunity to teach, care for, protect and rear the next generation of the world is a daunting task. However, nothing compares to the new arrival of a child. My daughter Wynnie arrived this week, daughter number...
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Ah, youth. I was young once. Not that I’m crippled and decaying, but I certainly move slower than I did a decade ago. I say that because as fast as my mind still races, my body tells it to get stuffed. Which it does, apparently. Getting ready for an activity, my daughters and I labored intensely to create the comic...
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