I had a great idea for a new business today. It came to me as I watched a young female driver dangerously tailgate a number of vehicles (to include a fuel truck). There was no way she would have avoided a rear-end collision if the person in front of her had braked suddenly (and I don't [...]
Tag: kids
Slam the door!
Tracy Frank has an article in The Forum today that leaves me unsettled. It is titled - When it comes to fertility, there’s no ‘magic age’ - and it caused me to comment out loud to myself, "There certainly are less than magical ages for fertility and the joy of pregnancy." I can definitely speak to experiencing pregnancy, [...]
WHOA! BACK UP THE BUS!
Cheyenne informed me in passing the other day that she has taken to reading some of my blog entries. She said, "I thought they would be stupid, but they're not...they're funny." WHOA! BACK UP THE BUS! Was that an off-handed compliment from my 12 year old? Did I have a break with reality? Was I abducted [...]
Mom-me
On any given day I can expect to be referenced as mom or mother by Cheyenne. I am sure she calls me other things as well when I am not around. On a rare occasion she will call me mommy - typically that comes packaged in the phrase, "I love you mommy!" Ah yes, I [...]
My happy place…
Years ago when I was a sign language interpreter for the Kindred School District one of the students gave me a little gift book filled with quotes at the end of the school year. I still have that little book which is kind of amazing since it was given to me in May 1999 (it [...]
Building the capacity to craft solutions…
Tonight was Parent-Teacher Conference night for the 7th grade at STEM - except it wasn't. The 7th grade team decided to try a new approach. They decided that this year they would take key projects that they had taught across the curriculum and let the students explain and present upon those projects to their parents. They [...]
I am a life ruiner…
I am a life ruiner...or so I am told. I have heard this many times over the past couple of decades. Those would be the decades of my parenting children who have advanced into the "I believe I know what is best for my life" stage of development. It starts somewhere between the ages of [...]
THE NEW FORTY 