More than a decade ago this page was a crutch as I limped through parenting a lot of kids…and then one day I just stopped writing. I don’t remember why. Maybe I didn’t need it anymore. Or maybe life defeated me in ways I didn’t want to explain and so I just…didn’t.
To see what I’m writing now, click on my SUBSTACK. Follow along. Let’s see where this goes.
Latest Stories
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Boys and Their Tools »
There are few things more impulsive than a teenage boy when accompanied by other teenage boys. Put two or more within the same vicinity and their brains shrink to the size of a worm and the little sense of reason they possess as an individual goes right out the window. It’s just a scientific fact.…
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Hitting The Bank…er…I Mean Trail! »
(Created in 2010, just before our Resurrection Trail hike…) For years my family has masqueraded outdoorsy while trapped in the gear of a penniless waif. Every year we traipse into the local wilderness store and fantasize about how different our adventures would be if only we could afford the fancier garb. Surely it’s more pleasant…
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When The Teacher Calls »
A while back I received a phone call from a teacher for no other reason than to tell me how well my child was doing. Odd. Normally when the caller I.D. pops up with school’s number, I cringe. I consider not answering. Let’s just say, my ringtone for the school is Daniel Powters, “Bad Day”,…
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Destini “Reads” »
Apparently, children learn via repetition…as demonstrated in this video of Destini at about 2 1/2 years old. Let me start by saying, Destini had an unusually good grasp of language at a very young age. I have video of her using full, complete sentences, at fourteen months old. By two, she was speaking very fluently.…
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How I Found Me »
I found my self-worth on a hot May day in 2004 when I crossed the center stage and, holding my head high for perhaps the first time in my thirty-three years, was handed a piece of paper that said I’d finally arrived. And in that half sheet of fancy paper, marked with the seal of…