Acts of Kindness
Kori and I were talking last week with the Lenten season upon us and we knew we wanted to do this season differently than we have in the...
I Don't Have Mother's Intuition
Number 4 has had a cough for a little over a week now and I haven’t thought much of it. I have been treating the symptoms and just...
Surprise!
I don’t like surprises. There I said it. I think it relates to my “control” tendencies I have talked about in the past. When Kori and I...
Playing Hooky
I looked up in the dictionary and also the urban dictionary the definition of hooky and really all I found was “truant from school” as...
Snow Day Memories
On Wednesday of this week, our school district called off school for incredibly low wind chill factors. I totally get is as I wouldn’t my...
It Will Be Fine, Just Fine. It Will All Be Fine…Right?
As a parent, it is the never-ending see-saw ride that raises the stress levels. From the terrible twos and the teens to the challenges of...
Can't Care More Than You Do
The family dynamic has changed once again in our home with Number 3 heading off to college. If you are doing the math correctly, that...
When Parental Passion is Interpreted as, Well…Rude.
I know I am not alone in saying that customer service, in many cases, is a necessary evil. The people who work the phone or online are...
Character is Worth the Fight: Addressing Current Events with the Kids
Like many Americans, I was enthralled in the Judge Kavanaugh Senate Hearing on Sept. 27, 2018. (As I write this, we don’t know if/when...
Expectations and the Road Trip of Life
So this last weekend found me far from home at my brother-in-law’s house in Minnesota. He had picked up Number 3 from college for the...
