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#19: Why I’m thankful for Donald Trump
Happy Thanksgiving! This is why I’m thankful for Donald Trump.
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#17: Take your credit when it’s due.
#17: What’s stopping you from taking that bow? (i.e. How waiting to be rewarded doesn’t always work.)
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#18: For some things, there are no answers.
My heart is so heavy. The news that a gunman – whose name I will not repeat, since it deserves to be stricken from history and turned into dust – killed more than 50 people and injured more than 500 hit me like a sack of bricks. How do I explain it to you? How…
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#16: You don’t have to be nice.
Yesterday, after picking you up from preschool, you seemed oddly reticent to talk about your day. I’ve grown accustomed to the tornado of words from the backseat, your eyes trying to meet mine through the rearview mirror on our drive home. You’re normally eager to share both the exciting and the mundane. But yesterday you…
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#15: The Most Important Promise To Keep
#15: Out of the promises you make, which are the most important?
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#14: Your Social Mindset
Is who you are a fixed quantity?
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#13: Avoidance – has a cost. Like avoiding reading this post.
The other night, you spent 27 minutes* bitching about having to brush your teeth. There was cajoling and threatening, and you finally – grumpily – took 60 seconds to brush your teeth. While not the 2 minutes we prefer, we took it as a victory. We informed you that it took much longer for you…
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I feel … (oops, I meant to say) I have a feeling that you won’t read this post. (#12: Have your feelings )
A couple of weeks ago I was having a harder time than I normally do in keeping up with life and holding my head above water. That was, in part, due to the fact that I was visited by a feeling. (A feeling whose exact nature I won’t divulge, but he was quite green). The…
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Aside: Guilt. Not just for mothers.
Nothing good comes from it, but we can’t help but feel it – Guilt. Is there a gender difference at play here? Comment with your thoughts!
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#9 Don’t get used to your playbook.
“I don’t like change, daddy!” Trying to habituate myself to a life of constant flux.