Surviving That Prickly Teen Silence
Unsettling, threatening and deeply disturbing. I am sure that’s what teen silence does to almost all parents, and I am…
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Unsettling, threatening and deeply disturbing. I am sure that’s what teen silence does to almost all parents, and I am…
Continue ReadingI only have one sister, so I’ve always been curious about large families. I got my first taste of them…
Continue ReadingI came home the other day after a long afternoon of running errands and this is what my front porch…
Continue ReadingNine. My oldest boy flipped the calendar another year recently. And he turned nine. What in the sam hill has…
Continue ReadingBaby girl, You won’t read this for years. As I write, you’re carefree, and four, and dancing in your frilliest…
Continue ReadingWhen he's 13, you may find socks in every room of the house, wonder how a party sized bag of…
Continue ReadingWhen you have your first child, check-ups with the pediatrician sometimes feel like a quarterly review of your parenting job…
Continue ReadingWe stayed outside until the street lights came on, even later than that some nights. We played capture the flag,…
Continue ReadingThe joyful anticipation of the beginning of summer break became tainted with disappointment as we walked home from school that…
Continue ReadingThere was a time, not long ago, when I would jump on Facebook every morning with pure enthusiasm. Starting my…
Continue ReadingI didn't meet my dad when I was first born, because he was not there. Not in the room, which…
Continue ReadingThis is for the dads who show up. This is for the dads who feel helpless and scared as they…
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