At the dinner table, Sophie sits, whining about the chicken and broccoli casserole the rest of us are already eating.
“It’s yucky,” she drawls. “I don’t want to eat iiiiiiiiiit.”
“One bite to try it again, then you can make yourself...
As a husband, father, or even as a man, there are few things that will make me redline as fast as getting lost. It’s always on mornings when I have big meetings, right during nap time, on date night...
Note: This is the fifth post in our series entitled “On Being a Dad.” For more posts from this series, click here. Stay tuned tomorrow for the final installment of this series!
My roommate, and senior project team member, and I...
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Growing up, I dreamed of being a pro baseball player, a doctor, or that I would be working for...
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
We were at a lovely outdoor party yesterday, enjoying good food and...
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The other day, my son Henry and I were driving through Kansas City when we arrived at a...
Someone once said, “It’s never a ‘good’ time to have a baby.”
It took me awhile, but I finally realized this advice isn’t a literal warning against having a baby, as in, “Whoa buddy! Having a baby is a real...
Last year, I approached a Special Olympics coach about the possibility of my girls participating in their swimming program. We were excited when the girls started Challenger swim, a program for children and young adults with special needs offered...
I honestly can’t tell you how this happened.
Some families seem destined for homeschooling. We are not one of those families. Some parents cite an inadequate learning environment or feel more equipped to give their children an education while others...
Our Little Free Library, hosted by Post Alpha-Bits Cereal, is the talk of the town. Literally! Since we opened on Mother's Day, we've had visitors every single day, had 2 newspaper articles written about us, been talked about on the...
Moms wear many hats, some more stylish than others. As the mom of two boys, Max and Finn, our schedules may be predictable, but our days are not. I carefully navigate breakfast because Finn’s reaction to what’s being served...
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I learned about the Little Free Library programs...
Yesterday, when my daughter came home from school, I was informed that her class would be watching a full-length movie. I had to renegotiate what this would mean for our evening. A full-length film is 1.5 hours, and we stick...
My friend, Marie, runs marathons. Did you hear me? MarathonS ... plural. More than one! She's even run the Boston. I find this impressive. I mean ... it IS impressive. But, given that I couldn't run a solid mile if...
people say it all the time: being a mom isn't what i thought it would be. but i can't think of any of my life experiences that have really turned out the way i expected or planned.
my first kiss?
super awkward....
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