Pulling Weeds from the Landscaping Bed and From the Marriage Bed
As we pulled into the driveway from a weeklong vacation, I immediately went back in time and experienced the pre-vacation regret. You...
Surviving Summer Sport Spectators: Smoking, Screaming and Storytelling
It’s funny how we conveniently forget some details of the past. On a recent “relax-cation” up north to our camp in the Hiawatha National...
College Campus Tours Conjure Concern: Will I Still get that Call?
Last week I had an awesome trip with Number 3 . We visited some universities and went on the first of several college tours to see where...
Dad Night Nurse Gets Time Off, but Mom Not Sure Why?
As a ZagZig Parent, I thought I had trained the kids early on that for midnight tummy aches and ailments they went to dad. While I...
Parenting Teens: Number 4 and Still Feel Like a Novice
After going through an experience for the fourth time, I would have thought we had this thing figured out, or atleast there would be no...
Pass on What Brings You Passion and Share That With Your Kids
For the past nine days, I have volunteered countless hours at the College World Series as a way to fundraise for Number 4 and his dance...
In the Moment: Funny, Frustrating and Often Fastidious Instants in Flight
I love the airport. Okay, maybe not all aspects of it; after all, I am writing this on the tail end of a weather-related, delayed travel...
Zaggy Father’s Day: The Zag and Zig of family celebrations
As a perpetual planner, I should have looked ahead to see the potential looming challenge that I would face. At age 16, however, when...
A Dad’s Dream: Noboby Puts Baby in a Corner
Confession…I have not always given my full attention when my wife, a well-read news and research junkie, gets excited about some...
Wink, Wink: Wonder Why Kids Defy the Uniformity of Nature?
As if parenting wasn’t challenging enough, the system design is flawed; at least by manufacturing standards where quality replication is...
