My friend, Angela, visited for a few days this week. At one point, while we were discussing parenting challenges, I began to cry. Words toppled out of my mouth, as if they were trying to keep up with my tears. I explained my frustrations and my fears for the future....
“If I were a mother I would…” Cade wrote: “First go live in penslvania. Then sine up to be a civl war nurs. Then get a house. And a very nice house. Then get an ipod. Then be a sailer. Then take a brake. Then become a polic officer.”I...
Cade asked if I would sharpen his pencil for school this morning, and I said, “Sure!”As I sharpened, I noticed that the pencil said, “Caught Bein’ a Quality Student”. I said, “Cade! Is this your special pencil?”He nodded yes,...
One day, when our daughter was three, Ken noticed her sitting on the potty in the dark. He said, “Why didn’t you turn the light on, Honey?”She sighed and said, “Well, dis way I won’t fowget to tuwn it off.” Ken talks about turning...
One day, sitting on bar stools for lunch, Lindsay snuck a pretzel from five-year-old Cole’s plate. If you had known Cole at this point, you would have admired Lindsay for her bravery. But your admiration would have quickly converted to sympathy, as the...
After the waiter seated our party, I realized we were missing someone–Cade. I glanced back to the waiting area and saw him animatedly conversing with a woman, holding a newborn. Escorting him to our table, I asked what he’d been talking to her about. He...