My brother Christian always had this annoying skill. He could cry at the drop of a hat. Pissed me off. Not that the skill was bad. Pretty cool actually…he just had this huge success rate of getting me blamed for all sorts of crap when we were young. I didn’t have to be in the room, but I’d get a swat later on. I...
read moreThe bets have been going on for ages. All the kids have been praying for the results, and guess what?!? It’s not a monkey! WOHOOO!!! Can’t tell you how relieved I was to put that fear to rest. I now know for sure that we ARE having a 100% perfectly human female child! Got the call a few hours ago and though I don’t...
read moreOn May 27th 1969 I think the great heavens above breathed a sigh of relief as I was promptly shoved into a body and sent here to Earth. Now that I’m 40 years old and have experience as a father myself, I’m pretty sure my personality in Heaven drove my family there to the verge of insanity. They couldn’t wait to...
read moreSince my oldest was born, Ditto, who’s now 18, we had a bed time ritual and lights out of 7:00pm. That meant after dinner we would get the little ones cleaned up, into the PJ’s and then settle down for a bed time story, sometimes two, where they could cuddle on mom and dad’s bed and have time directed to their...
read moreThis is a touchy subject for me as a parent, because I feel it’s so important. Some will agree, some won’t and I have met many who simply don’t care. A child should have good associations. That means having friends that you approve of and have influence in such connections. Can you monitor everything? Not likely....
read moreIt was a long but good weekend, starting off with Cesilea’s 18th birthday, charged with loud and excited youth in celebration of another semi-adult joining their tribe. Saturday and Sunday brought some challenges in reminders of how our parenting style and system has changed over the years. It came up while observing Jami...
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