My mom was the director of a daycare center for 27 years. Then she retired. For something like a week. Maybe two. And went back to work as a teacher’s aid in a public school classroom, loving on kids with various mental and physical setbacks all day. Ask her any… Read More
Archive Tag: parenting
3 Ways To Break The Ice With Any Child
I’ve met hundreds of kids after concerts in the lobby of churches and arenas, in homes and on playgrounds and streets in the developing world. Unbeknownst to me I was being prepared for the day S would join our family. On so many levels kids are kids, regardless of skin… Read More
Being A Parent & Athletic Supporter
My son’s lifeplan is simple. Play football for Auburn. Play football for the Steelers. Coach football. Enter the Hall of Fame. When I was eight I wanted to be a cartoonist. And a Green Beret. I drew one comic book that wasn’t comical and laid some trip wires across the… Read More
What Fathers (And Mud) Are For
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The Value Of Being Heard
“What’s doobie?” She’s five – I thought. I also thought things like: She must have seen cable at Uncle Brian’s house. Now we’ll have to move. I never liked Uncle Brian much anyway. I thought things like that. Normal, rational things. Then I took a deep breath and feigned calm.… Read More
Love You Forever. Lock The Windows.
A mother held her new baby and very slowly rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she held him, she sang: I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, As long as I’m living my baby you’ll be. You may recognize these words… Read More