The Parent Trip
There are some trips in life that you just can’t prepare for.
Read MoreGirl on the Run
Before I loved to run, I really hated it.
Read MoreTeach Your Children Well
I’ve had many great teachers in and out of classrooms, but when I stop to remember, a few come immediately to mind. Teachers who lifted me up, showed me how to break the rules, taught me to lead, and the woman who was my first teacher.
Read MoreWrite On, Mom
I have friends who are on Version 2.0 of their lives: They have become photographers, jewelry makers, poets. They are full people, and parents. They are making art. They inspire me.
Fashion Unconscious
If clothes make the man, then I live with a rainbow dragon and a superhero ninja who are in firm opposition to the premise that socks come in matching pairs. I’m not sure what sort of men I’m raising, but they certainly are colorful.
Read MoreThe Mean Kid
In my fifth grade class there was a new kid. He was the kind of kid who, even to my 11 year old mind, seemed to have the deck stacked against him.
Read MoreBathroom as Metaphor
So, you think you want to paint the bathroom. No, you're sure you want to. Pretty sure, anyway.
Read MoreThe Comeback
The Olympic Games are the human experience writ large. The Winter Games, in my opinion, are always particularly dramatic. The Olympics also mark an anniversary for my own comeback story.
Read MoreBeyond the Call of Duty
Teachers dedicate their lives to our children. Because it’s what they do, what they have always done. But now we literally expect them to lay down their lives for our children. We are asking too much.
Read MoreAll the Small Things
I tend to subscribe to the Dire Straits Theory of Parenthood: Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug.
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