Mama Bear Cares for Her Heirs
My wife is very good at holding up the mirror to me and sometimes I don’t really like the result. I don’t mean the mirror we all use to...
Canines Choose Compassion: Can I?
Tomorrow, Feb. 17, is Random Acts of Kindness Day, a day to do something nice for someone else. As a parent, I am reminded of the time I...
Healthy Parenting Advice from Dad: Find Something You Love
It is officially February in Nebraska. What does that mean? Yes, six more weeks of winter, which, sucks and makes me not want to live...
Problem Solving: The Challenge of Getting Below the Surface
In doing some research for a project, I recently came across a term that intrigued me; a “wicked problem” is a social or culture problem...
A rough-start tradition that turned into a priceless gift
In the ZagZig that is life raising teenagers and young adults – part of a species whose brains haven’t fully developed yet according to...
Influenza A and the Great-A Non Parent
Influenza A hit me hard last week and my family is still trying to recover. Even though I went through the whole flu shot routine it was...
Find My iPhone: Less About Helicopter, More About Heart
As the kids reach the late-teen to early-adult years, the parent-child relationship goes through a renegotiation phase. While the...
Simplify: Start the New Year with a Resolve to Ask and Enjoy
We are finally returning to our everyday ZagZig life after zigzagging through the holidays. Two of the kids have returned to their lives...
We Have a Toddler in the House!
We have a toddler in the house again and it just reminds me that it takes a lot of energy to constantly monitor the movement of an active...
I Love Drama
On Tuesday night, Number 2 came home! It has been nine months since she was last home, but I say it has been a year because she was only...
