telling our story
We had a great couple of days in Ixtapa, Mexico with Owen at the PanAm Youth Games. He qualified to represent the U.S. and fence in the Y-10 men’s foil.
Owen placed fifth overall!
He almost placed third — the match was tied with :30 to go, but the other … Read the rest⇒
We made a big strategic error in August — very few scheduled events. After being so busy in June and July, I thought it would be nice to have a long stretch of down time in August.
WRONG.
We’re all climbing the walls, everyone is grumpy and bored. We’ve played … Read the rest⇒
Did you think that Jack and Owen are wearing the life jackets because we’re overprotective and worried that they’ll somehow drown while running through the sprinkler? Are you expecting to see a photo of me at the ready with antibacterial wipes to clean their feet immediately after each run? (… Read the rest⇒
I’m still trying to figure out things about being someone’s (or several someones’) parent.
This is stolen from someone else’s blog. I don’t know Tara Whitney personally, but I’ve admired her work in scrapbook magazines for a couple of years. Someone else I “know” (in the cyber … Read the rest⇒
Bear with me. This might take me a couple of posts to make my point. As any parent does, I’ve been wondering a lot lately about 1) what exactly is my role? And 2) how am I doing at it?
The following is one of those emails that has been … Read the rest⇒
