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Category Archive for 'parenting'

#1 Pure laziness.

When it comes to doing things the easy way, men are highly skilled experts. Dating a woman who already has small children is the TV dinner version the American dream. Men don’t want to spend 24 hours simmering a pot roast when Swanson makes a “Hungry-Man” meal that’s ready in minutes. [...]

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This year, the fourth of July had new meaning for me as I am just a few months away from celebrating my daughter’s 18th birthday. Every teenager knows that this is the birthday that marks their independence from their parents. While it may be a small step in maturing into adulthood, it’s a [...]

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Adolescence is that wonderful time when we are graced with the ability to have emotions. We move beyond accepting simple “yes or no” answers and start to ask “why” and consider how those answers make us feel. Everything is driven (quite powerfully) by an emotion. It can’t simply be that we admire [...]

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Losing Faith

It’s somber day for my daughter and I as we mourn the loss of our beloved cat. We both knew that this day was coming. We adopted Faith a little over a year ago and she was already fourteen years old. But it doesn’t matter how much you prepare for the loss [...]

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