Tonight was my turn to drive car pool. We drive with the same “older” girl whose father drives the convertible red Cadillac. When we went to pick her up, she wasn’t quite ready – she needed to find her shoes, comb her hair, grab a car snack, pick a jacket, track down her book. Her […]
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Carpool Life Lesson (Not Very "PC")
Posted in Parenting, Political Correctness, The Genders, Young Love on November 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From the Mouths of Babes
Posted in Children, Growing up, Parenting, Sons, Wisdom on October 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My son is at the age where we have life lesson conversations in the car, en route to some activity. We’ve had some lovely discussions, and their brevity and the guarantee of having to end when we reach our destination lends a kind of safety – to both of us. These will not be marathon […]
I Met a Young Man at a Party
Posted in Men, Parenting, Personal Growth, Sons, Youth on September 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I met a young man at a party for young people. This early 20-something young man had bright eyes that shone through shiny, tousled brown hair, an open smile, and a palpable energy of exuberance and youthful certainty of his proclamations. He radiated a sense of confidence in what he knows to be true, about […]