Miss Sparkle returned home today. She spends the bulk of her summer with her dad. Toward summer's end she gets pretty excited to come home; and, we (the rest of the family) are all pretty excited for her to come home. The house is awfully quiet when she is gone. You see, Miss Sparkle is a talker. [...]
Tag: parenting
Plan B
Today Cheyenne pointed out a young woman travelling as a passenger on the back of a motorcycle. The motorcycle was the type that the passenger sits up higher than the driver. The young woman and the driver both had on helmets (brownie points for smart risk management), but the clothes the pair had on were dramatically [...]
In remembrance and honor…
Today is my oldest son Noah's 30th birthday. Just writing that causes me to want to additionally offer that I gave birth at the age of 10, but I will refrain because I know it borders on the line of being not very believable (alright, truth be told - I was 12). 😉 As regular [...]
If the teenager isn’t there to see it, is it still embarrassing?
I was up on the campus today (NDSU) doing a few necessary errands. I was reminded upon arrival that this is an orientation day as there were many clusters of new students following their guides around campus. It is always nice to see those new, eager, and often anxious faces trying to take in everything [...]
Do what I do???
I have long realized that children may not do what you say, but they are always watching what you do and tend to follow suit. I know...gratifying, but a bit scary. It is all about the role modeling. As a perfectly imperfect person the notion that the way I live my life likely creates an imprint for [...]
As happy as the ending can be…
Sometimes the ending to a story isn't as smooth as we would like it to be - even if we can categorize it as a happy ending. Such is the case of the man who in saving his five year old daughter from an active molestation (that likely what would have resulted in her ultimate [...]
To the power of fathers…
Clarence Kelland (the American writer) once said, “My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” Character defined and delineated by action...it is the stuff that great fictional movie characters are made of and great humanitarian leaders. So often we look outside our little world for that [...]
THE NEW FORTY 