Category Archives: personal

01.11.16

Bailey is Eight; Bailey is Great.

At any given moment, your wrist is adorned with 5+ slightly damp and certainly germ-laden hair bands, yet you don’t even know how to put your own hair in a ponytail. You have ONE consistent chore in this house, but I have to remind you to do it 99% of the time. (“Bailey, did you…

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10.19.15

I have an 11-year-old. His name is Parker.

Eleven years ago, at 12:45 p.m., my life was ruined. An 8 pound, 9.6 ounce baby CAME OUT OF MY BODY…and he changed everything.  The life that I had been leading for over 24 ignorant, care-free years was ruined.  And on October 19th, 2004, the personified promise of Parker snuggled warmly against my chest and…

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08.24.15

Fifth Grade, Second Grade

You don’t necessarily realize it while it’s happening, but there is this all-too-brief window when we get to decide exactly who our children are.  We subconsciously assign them personalities, interests, and even certain skill sets depending on what we think we see in them, and then we shout these qualities from the rooftops!  It is…

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