Family

When you live in a diverse community and your daughter attends a diverse school filled with children of all colors, then princesses can suddenly be any color, too. I found this in Clara’s school folder last night, and it made my night.

It’s Saturday night in our house. An evening to relax. Enjoy ourselves. Have some fun. What did our 9 year-old daughter, Clara, choose to do with her free time? She read books on ancient Greece and ancient Rome, and then for funsies decided to create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the two cultures. She’s…

Our son, Charlie, age six, designed a drum kit out of several of his toys. Then he conceptualized a song called “Exploring Your Life” that… well, he can explain better than I ever could. Whenever my kids do something like this, I cannot help but think that when I was their age, I was a…

When I asked how her day went, my 10 year-old daughter, Clara, said she had a little trouble at recess. “Yeah,” I said. “What happened?” “Well,” she began. “We were playing house, and I’m the mother, and this boy is the father, and we have two kids. Sounds good. Right? Except I’ve decided that it’s…

I know what you’re thinking. There’s no cuter cat in the world. Right? I thought that, too, until I came downstairs this morning and found the kitchen sink running. “Damn kids,” I thought. I turned off the water and went to the table to begin my work. A few minutes later, I heard the water…

Big day for my little boy. After countless days of wiggling and pulling, Charlie finally lost his first tooth. He was brushing his teeth when, according to him, he felt something. “I stopped brushing, reached into my mouth, and it was my tooth!” Damn was he excited. I was in the shower at the time,…

I have to wonder: Is my son trying to hurt me, or is his cruelty casual and unintentional?