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If you're interested in reading older posts, please visit my original blog. I've been writing since April of this year, and I have over fifty posts in my archives. (Eventually, they will all appear on this site.)

Allow me

“The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.”

Abraham Lincoln

On this, the eve of Valentine’s Day, I thought it would be appropriate to share a little love story.  We typically shower those close to us with kindness and affection, but how often do we ‘choose love’ when [...]

Chores

“Genius is one-percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”

Thomas Edison

When I find myself drowning in the deep sea of household chores, I marvel at the fact that, in the fourth grade, I envied my best friend Nadine because she had chores.  In my eyes, Nadine’s chores gave her a status of import; [...]

Why am I doing this?

“Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.”

Paul Kagam

Have you ever planned to go to an event that is specifically geared toward your child, only to discover that your child has no interest in going?

I bought our ‘Bobs and Lolo’ [...]

We’re in trouble

“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue.  It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.”

Oscar Wilde

Have I mentioned how gentle Pip is?  Well, Pip is gentle.  As a baby, a toddler, and a little girl; gentle, gentle, gentle. [...]