Able Enough
All your adult life, as parents, you wait for the day when your kids are able enough to do chores. You start out small. Put away your toys. Put your laundry in the hamper. Clear your plate. Bring in the Read More …
Tag: children
It’s Not About Me
One thing I have come to realize, (and many of us realize too,) as a parent, it’s not about me…It’s about them. Mostly because they didn’t have a choice in coming into this world as our children, we did that. Read More …
Clear View
This fence – the one you can barely see – offers a clear view of the beach and the inlet. I didn’t even know this was in the photo when we were walking on the beach today… It makes me Read More …
Little By Little
Progress being made each day, each week and every month – little by little. Now, not today, but only a few tomorrows from now, all at once is how it will feel. Our baby…who isn’t really – she is a Read More …
Who Do You See
When you look into the future, who do you see there? Do you see yourself, the same way you are today? Do you see yourself the way you want to be (again) or as you will be tomorrow? Do you Read More …
Old-Timey
“Hey mom and dad, let’s watch one of those old-timey movies, you know, the ones you watched when you were a teenager.” Ugh. You know, when you had to go to the drive in because they didn’t have movie theaters Read More …
Rapid Fire
If you want to keep someone, under the age of 10 busy, just keep it coming, rapid fire. What is “it” you ask? Any of these should work: Ice cream – their favorite variety of flavors. Toys – any kind. Read More …
Too Close
Sometimes, you can be too close to something or someone and not see what is reality until you see it in a picture. Online. With comments from others around you. Pictures tell a thousand words…some of them are “wow, how Read More …
You Can Go Back
It is normal and reasonable to think that you can go back…even if it doesn’t work out the way you thought that it would. You have to set the right expectations – and if you handle it the right way Read More …
Summer Daze
When you have a weekend before a holiday, it is so tempting to just take the entire week off. If only we could. If only we were kids again. We really needed to do it…especially as it was preceded by Read More …