Oh the innocence

In the car after picking up one of my daughter’s best friends for a play date. She recently moved from our neighborhood to another one nearby. The move required her to switch schools. She’s African American. Me: So, how’s your new house [friend]? Friend: It’s good. Daughter: How’s your new school? Friend: It’s good. But [...]

How we talk to our kids about gay marriage & other tough questions, Part 2

Kids ask a lot of questions; it’s their job. As I said last week, as parents, our job is to answer them. Hayley asked an innocent enough question at the lunch table the other day from which a very interesting discussion arose. Naturally, I was the sole adult representation home at the time (where’s Brian [...]

How we talk to our kids about gay marriage & other tough questions

Photo by Oberazzi An interesting conversation bloomed at the lunch table with our 7 and 9 year olds the other day. One small question turned into a full-blown discussion about gay marriage and I thought I’d let you in on how it all went. But you’ll have to come back next Monday for that. Today [...]

Thanksgiving mostly bloopers photo shoot

Thanksgiving is my 2nd favorite holiday. (A gold star to the first person who can guess my first.) We enjoyed a great time with my sister and her family who came all the way out from California. (Speaking of gold stars, they deserve a million because they drove 24 hours STRAIGHT to get here. With [...]

Oh hi!

Guess what, we’re still alive. That’s no small feat considering the amount of candy we’ve consumed in the last 4 days. Speaking of which, here’s my token Halloween photo: It’s only the boys, obviously, but that’s because the girls in our family are sort of boring. I’m the World’s Lamest Dresser-Upper and it appears I [...]

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