Standing Still
In my mind, there are so many things that just seem to be standing still… No, I do not mean AM, rush hour traffic in the burbs heading into the city. I mean, the people who first interviewed me – Read More …
Tag: children
Long. Slow. Blinks.
Sometimes you are so tired, there are these tiny, momentary pauses in your life. They happen like this: Long. Slow. Blinks. Then you wake up and you can’t believe that you missed something. The memories you thought would be so Read More …
More Bandwidth
There are times when we need more bandwidth and it can come in many different forms. More hands. More cameras. More storage space. More input. More ideas. More time. More seats on a Saturday night? or more people in the Read More …
Never Too Late
Really. It is never too late… to call to say I love you to try to make amends to talk to someone – really talk to someone to read that book they told you to read in high school to Read More …
Saying The Same Thing
Sometimes, I think we are saying the same thing, even though we are not talking about the same topic. It is nice when two or three generations of people can watch what is happening around them and become open to Read More …
Inside Out
When everything is inside out… Take a breath. Refocus. Take a nap. Go for a walk. Call in reinforcements. Or, just ask your kids to remember that if it is inside out, they will have to do their own laundry. Read More …
Who Knew It Would Be So Long
Way back when…who knew it would be so long… Until we would meet again? Before we would paint that bedroom? That we would live in this house (20 years)?!? To develop a family? Until we would have a totally different Read More …
Sad, but True
It is sad, but true that we – as parents – have a contradictory role in our children’s lives. We care for them. We cuddle them. We hold them. We ooh and aah over them. We dress them, feed them Read More …
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Answer: Drip. Drip. Drip. Question: What do marketers, parents and torturers all have in common? As marketers, you “drip campaign” the heck out of your clients… you let them see your logo, your message, your products and services over and Read More …
Stories We Tell At Dinner
Sometimes, the stories we tell at dinner drive the kids to laughter. Sometimes it is confusion. Other times, down right teenage-angst. Go figure. It happens. When we were kids, we had to be careful. Dad would go on and on Read More …