One Chief
In projects and leadership roles, there has to be one chief… Well, at least one, maybe more, but there has to be at least one. Someone has to be in charge, follow the plan, make decisions when things go awry, Read More …
Tag: parenting
Patience Matters
Having patience matters. In parenting In work In friendships In renovations And… In construction estimating Really. You just have to take a breath, pause, count to 10. Then, get another estimate. You never know how much patience matters until you Read More …
Establishing Independence
The teenage years are not the first time kids start establishing independence. Though, as parents, it seems that they do start in earnest then, doesn’t it? No, if you think back, it starts the moment a baby starts to crawl, Read More …
Bring Us Together
The things that bring us together can be, by far, the greatest parts of our lives – even if they are not the most perfect, amazing or fun aspects of living life. Family. Early childhood friendships. College. Work colleagues. Parents Read More …
How Long is Too Long
When sending your kids away, how long is too long? It could depend on their age. It could depend on your parenting style. It could be where you are sending them… Are they a toddler and they are going to Read More …
Talk About Kids
When you are a kid, and you talk about kids, it is probably not a good thing… We’ve all been there. It’s rough. From 3rd or 4th grade, into tweens and becoming a teenager, it’s especially awful today with the Read More …
Always A Mom
No matter what you do, no matter where you go, no matter why you are out and about – you are always a mom. When we get together, it is the thing that unites us. Our common ground. The realities Read More …
Kids Make Us
Kids make us into the person that we do (or do not) want to be sometimes: Becoming a Mom or Dad – some choose to be, others do not – yet we still are Becoming stressed out and unable to Read More …
Disconnected
It is strange to feel disconnected. While we have decided to “cut the cord” that doesn’t even have anything to do with the feeling. We have been attached at the hip to mobile phones for decades, even as far back Read More …
Now They All Get Along
It is the last day of Christmas break for our college student and seriously, the last 3 days have been probably the best ever…my friends of college students, past and present may have experienced this, but this is a first Read More …