Last night my kids came home to tell me about a friend whose parents had just bought them a brand new car. Then we all laughed really hard. Our family reality is that this kind of gift will not [...]
There are some things that I'm just not good at. I once had to ask my father-in-law for help changing my wiper blades. Not "Dad, can you spare a twelve-gauge crescent wrench so I can [...]
Imagine you're about to have amnesia in the next five minutes. FUH-GET 'BOUT IT! No, really. Give it a shot. It'll make sense in a moment. Pretend that for some strange reason every memory of [...]
I read an article on interviewing a wife of three years about the biggest lessons she’s learning in marriage. She said that sometimes you have to carry each other, and how it seems to work out [...]
Many years ago I resolved against setting New Year’s resolutions. Though I know not everyone feels the same, for me they seem like desperate declarations made at midnight while sitting on my [...]
Both of my parents died when I was a teenager. Death, since then, has always been a sad familiarity to me. But a few years ago, our children experienced an unexpected loss, as well. Our [...]
I wish I could remember exactly where I heard the radio show. However, it has played over and again in the back of my mind since I heard it, more than a year ago. Somehow I had stumbled on some [...]
It's what we don't see coming that scares us the most. Because suddenly, everything can change. This is the fear that we all stuff down... even when it rears its head. At any given moment, the [...]
Occasionally, you'll notice a police car nearby. (How often that happens may depend on how fast you drive.) It's comforting when an officer routinely drives by to ensure your neighborhood is [...]
So today I was helping my oldest finalize his housing plans for college. My middle son is trying to learn how to drive. (And I’m trying to learn how not to instill therapy in his future.) My [...]