I’m preparing to attend another birthday party for one of my daughter’s friends.  We have attended several parties this year.   And when I say this year, I mean since school started.  In our experience, more parents are throwing parties celebrating 10th birthdays than other birthday years and searching for online cake shops.  My daughter even…

I am so extremely fortunate to have an open and honest relationship with my teenager. She and I talk about anything and she tells me everything (I hope). Last night as we walked together and caught up on our day she shared the latest installment regarding a particular friend and some ongoing issues that are…

Last week, my youngest came home and was telling me about her day at school.  Usually, this conversation consists of funny things the teacher said, some problem she’s having with homework, and the usual musical chairs that goes on at lunch because she wants to be able to sit with all her friends who don’t…

I’m going to open with a short discussion Ezra and I had recently…  we had an incident where an adult’s conduct was less than stellar in front of Ezra.  If my children get out of line, I expect them to apologize and make things right.  I expect that from adults as well.  Kids are more…

I hope to be accurate when I state that, at some point or another, we’ve all had a moment when Time Stopped.  If we’re very very fortunate, we’ve had many.  More good than bad, and the good so very far outweighs the bad such that no matter how slow time passes during the daily grind,…