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The Power of Place

Sometimes, all it takes to take you back is a building. Stacks of steel and concrete or the way the fairway looks in that sunlight can transport you back a decade or more. Looking out a bedroom window or down a hallway that doesn’t seem so big anymore brings back memories and milestones you’d forgotten [...]

May 17, 2012 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →
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Good Parenting Happens in the In-Between

From the looks of it, we’re all fantastic parents. Our Instagrams from Disney World and the Facebook albums of Easters and Christmases show smiles, laughter, hugs, and happiness. It’s as if nothing goes wrong in our lives or for our families. It’s easy for people to think I’m a great dad because sometimes my blog [...]

May 16, 2012 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →
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The Garden Lady

There’s a house on our usual walking route that has a lot of flowers out front. They’re mostly simple pansies or marigolds, but my daughter is captivated by them. When we ask if she wants to go by the garden, she always answers with an enthusiastic “Yes!” Last night, as we made our way to [...]

May 15, 2012 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →
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These Are the Rules

We were outside at our house after coming home from school. It had rained a bit the previous few days, so her small wading pool had some standing water in it. Knowing the plants would be thirsty as the humidity would be picking back up soon, I began to use one of her buckets to [...]

May 14, 2012 1 comment CONTINUE READING THIS POST →
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“I want to do it.”

I try to help her clean the cupcake icing from in between her small and sometimes uncoordinated fingers. “I want to do it,” she says as she grabs a wet wipe and gets to work. She grunts as she attempts to pull Legos apart, blocks that I attached rather well so we could build the [...]

May 11, 2012 2 comments CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

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