After weeks of saying, ‘You better watch out! You better not cry! You better not pout!”, I finally did more than tell my kids why. I made good on a my plethora of nagging threats.No, I didn’t cancel Santa. But I did ground someone. I sent her* to her...
I was driving in the car with Lindsay one November day, when she was in kindergarten. Suddenly, she caught her breath in alarm, as if she had just remembered something.”What is it?” I asked.She said, “Mommy! In our kindergarten class, we never…...
In eighth grade Language Arts, Lindsay was asked to write about her Michigan Hero. I’ll let her surprise you…When someone asks me who my Michigan Hero is I think of an experience I had in fourth grade….In Math class, I was bent over, squinting at my...
When he was about four, Cade asked me if there will be pirates in heaven. He really loved pirates and wanted to be sure that his mateys would be walking next to him on the streets o’ gold. Since pirates are fundamentally people who greedily steal from others, I...
When Cade was a preschooler, Ken told him, “Come here and let me help you wipe your nose.” But Cade responded, “Oh, that’s ok, Dad. Because, look… I know how to get it all back up in there.” And he gave a giant sniff.Do you...
“I want to go punch that little boy in the nose!” I punched the air with my free hand for emphasis, and almost dropped the phone. My friend on the other line commiserated with my story. She understood how my heart hurts for my own child, and how I long to...