Tag: parenting
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The First Step Is The Real Journey
Walking is a learned skill. We don’t come into the world knowing how to do it. We barely know how to kick and flail. Crying is innate. Any small dissatisfaction–at most any age–can give us cause to use our voices. Walking is something every parent longs for their first child to accomplish quickly. It’s a…
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The Dad Piece Of The Pie
Father’s Day has always been a fun holiday to celebrate. I had a great Dad. And I married above my pay grade. Dad would always make a fuss about our homemade gifts when we were little. He was a grateful man. We felt like the best kids in the world because he made us feel so…
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When Winning Isn’t Everything
One of these days I may grow up and move on. Maybe. There’s something to be said, however, for enjoying something enough that you choose to engage with it–even when you don’t have to. All six of our kids played soccer. We’ve been to a couple of thousand games in our parenting experience. And though…
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When Birds Of A Feather Flock–With Attitude
There are these raucously loud birds, native to much of the U.S., which have found sanctuary in our back yard. I’ve discovered they’re also native to extreme northeastern Siberia. That right there should have told me something about the species. To survive there, they’d have to have a lot of moxie with some tenacity thrown…
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A Mom By Any Other Name
This was meant to be sent the day after Mother’s Day, but with my lack of tech savvy, it didn’t happen. We’ll give it a go again. We’ve all got one. We all got here the same way. And whether the experience was positive, negative or neutral, the story in that relationship impacts all of…
Tip of My Iceberg 