family things

  • Knocked out.

    This evening, Max and Nat and I were chilling in front of the tv. I kept waiting to see what happened and before I knew it, I woke up and looked around. We had fallen asleep around nine and it was now twelve. I know I could have made better use of the time (who… Read more


    by

    in

  • Graduation

    This morning, I went to my second son, Nat’s graduation. As he walked up to the stage to receive his diploma, his picture (and one of his baby photos, which was too cute) was on the screen and his teacher shared some words about him. Every time I hear someone speak about my kids, I… Read more


    by

    in

  • For the Superheroes.

    A lot of times, our parents are our first superheroes. From where we stand as children they tower over us and do things that we can’t imagine like cooking and driving cars. Eventually, what was so whimsical to us becomes mundane and we are faced with the fact that not only are our parents not… Read more


    by

    in

  • Milestones

    Each of my kids has his (or her) own personal milestone this year. Max is completing his last year of preschool. Little A is completing kindergarten. Nat is going to be graduating from the fifth grade (sigh). Al is going to be completing Jr. High school and will be doing volunteer work this Summer in… Read more


    by

    in