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...
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...
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...
Graduation Parties, Pomp and Circumstance and the Parental Paradox
You are not alone, post high school graduation, if you are counting the days until they have to live on their own. The love is uncondition
ZagZig Memories of Ziggy Zagging at the Zoo
The zoo is one of my favorite places to go, and not just because it reminds me of our house with four kids, three dogs and at one point...
Warmhearted Wisdom from the Woman Who said Color Outside the Lines
This weekend we, in the United States (as it is a different date in other countries), celebrate a day dedicated to mothers and maternal...
Prying eyes wide open: accepting present over perfect
Perhaps my mom was right. (As I typed this I got a vision of her doing the told-you-so dance in heaven with a smile on her face.) She...
It Just Takes One Voice for Others to Sing
Even before we met, at age 16, Mike and I had something in common. Our moms were both Barry Manilow fans. If you don’t know Barry, aside...
A Dinner Guest, a Mom from the Midwest and Compassion Expressed
If I could invite anyone to dinner, dead or alive, Erma Bombeck, a role model that I never met, is a top contender on my list! It is...
