Tag: parenting
And the winner is…me…ho hey. ;-)
Cheyenne had me tape the Grammy Awards so we could watch it together when she got home from visiting her dad's house. Wow. Three and a half hours. Watching the entirety of that show was a feat for me even with the ability to fast forward through the incredible number of commercials. I am not [...]
The zen room…
Cheyenne is in the process of switching bedrooms in the house. She waged a long campaign and enlisted the support of her siblings to likewise campaign on her behalf. After a couple of years I finally acquiesced to the constant begging and occasional nagging. You wouldn't think moving from one room to another in the [...]
I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!
It was always my goal to raise strong, assertive children. In addition, I was particularly determined to instill in my daughters a sense of equality. I never wanted them to feel as females as if they were secondary or needed to be submissive to males. I wanted them all to be comfortable in their individuality and fierce in their defense of [...]
Equally but uniquely…
I have four children...four very different children. Each child has his or her own unique gifts, strengths, and challenges. Each child is loved equally but uniquely. This is how I think it should be. This is on my mind as I know a couple of families who have treated their children dramatically different. They have [...]
Life Alert??
Cheyenne has thought it funny lately to tell me that she is going to get me Life Alert for Christmas. These comments were generated out of an initial discussion regarding the labyrinthitis and the potential for dizziness and loss of balance, so I took them originally as a misguided attempt at expressing concern for me. Alas, [...]
A moment between mothers…
My daughter Sarah was at Target yesterday doing some shopping with baby Lennon (now nearing 10 weeks old). At the checkout lane she was behind a woman who was there with her college age son buying what appeared to be things for his dorm. As Sarah watched the mother and her son she recognized that [...]
THE NEW FORTY 