Winter 2019 is unlikely to go down in the books as my favorite winter. We’ve had one faux snow day, record-breaking amounts of rain, random illnesses, and very little school. I signed a permission slip yesterday and accidentally dated it 2/29/2019. The Spouse saw it on the kitchen island late last night and said, “Do…
Here are five quick things on my mind this week: Our 6th Grader turned twelve years old on Tuesday. She is nearing my height and my shoe size, and it doesn’t seem possible that I could be parenting someone of her age when I feel like I’m still growing up myself. As our firstborn she…
I have a habit of getting into conversations with strangers in random places. Last weekend we were out of town at a hotel with an indoor water park. I was in the restroom with one of the girls when we struck up a conversation with a housekeeping employee cleaning the facilities. She noticed my middle…
I love how January always feels like the first page of a new journal. Of course there are circumstances and outcomes we can’t control, but we at least have the opportunity to write new lines and craft some new stories. Maybe it stems from perfectionism or an underlying fear of failure, but I have never…