One More Year
This last week found me in an unfamiliar place, my house. I don’t mean my house is unfamiliar as we have lived here now for over 12...
How We Make Them Feel
Last week my blog was about a weekly podcast that Kori and I listen to. There were two quotes that stuck with me from the podcast. I...
Travel, Talk and Time
As a stay at home dad, my job rarely requires much travel. When the kids were younger, many of our family trips revolved around the kids...
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...
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...
When Parent Mode Kicks In
So Number 2 has started her 4th tour with The Young Americans that will be traveling through the Midwest with several stops in our home...
Mad Men, RBG and Serena Williams: Embracing Discomfort that Helps us Grow
Talk about ZagZig, my media exposure lately has me weaving among the news headlines of Serena Williams and accusations of sexism on the...
