When you’re a creative person and live within a semi-close knit community, there are times when you find yourself at odds. Not always out of choice mind you, but out of a natural set of circumstances that automatically alienate you from time to time. I bring this up regarding humor in my own case. I’m not trying to be...
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 moreWhen my mother died in 2004 I simply gave up in many aspects of my life. Not on Kathi or the children, but for some reason I didn’t care about myself anymore. Now, I understand how this is detrimental to Kathi and the kids, because I’m a husband and father. Yet something in me ‘broke’ and I don’t know...
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...
read moreDear Children, I’m a strict parent. I know it’s not a secret and that will not change. Each family member has duties, responsibilities and rules to follow so we can achieve and maintain our happy little home. Doesn’t always work, I know, but you have all seen that it works far more than not. Your mother and I love...
read moreWe have talked about love and now I would like to dive into something I am passionate about on a deeper level, and that is a child’s security. As I remarked in the beginning, a human child is by far the weakest, most dependent animal when born. Its survival is completely dependent upon its parents. Now introduce the world as...
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