Posted in parenting, tagged family, generations, parenting on October 25, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Dear Joe,
I look at you and see a boy who knows for sure that he is a fast runner, a good leader, a smart thinker.
At nine, your only kryptonite is math, but somehow your weakness with numbers seems to make everything else more charming. You love to play and love to win, but you [...]
Posted in parenting, tagged family, generations, great books, parenting on October 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This book is important. Because I really love the next generation, I’m going to say it again: this book is important. And as someone who has worked with teenagers for about a million years, I kinda thought I knew it all. But this book changed the way that I’m going to teach my kids. [...]
Posted in parenting, tagged family, generations on October 5, 2009 | 8 Comments »
For Whitney…we went to every concert and every church service when she was on the worship team, even if it meant listening to the same sermon four times in one weekend. We still listen when she sings and are amazed that she can do that.
For Tori…we listened to her stories and read her stories and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged failure, family, parenting on March 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
So, last night I decided to make a big dinner to celebrate having the whole family home from Winter Camp. The whole family, however, ended up consisting of me and two kids. The rolls that I made (from scratch!) burned in the pan and the entire event careened wildly downhill after that. [...]
