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Last Thursday, my college freshman and I gathered in the dining commons of the university he attends to have breakfast with 35 people who were mostly strangers to us. We were asked to grab a marker and a piece of posterboard and write in large letters a word that would represent what we hoped to…
I’ve been pondering this story for many weeks, trying to decide how I can tell it on my blog. Now that our kids are older, I know that their stories are no longer mine to tell. While this is a story that mostly involved our college-age son, it impacted me in many ways, so I…
Hey, friends! I’m writing this week over at Grown and Flown. And of all things… about my kid’s dirty socks! It’s amazing how much your perspective changes when you are missing your kid at college. Let me know if anyone can relate! My son is in college and reminders of him are everywhere…
Friday was a big day for us. We drove our firstborn child to a destination four hours from home. We dropped him off with people we barely know to live in a tiny room with minimal possessions and a complete stranger. No big deal. ** Seriously though, college move-in day was actually kind of fun….
What is a young adult thinking about when he’s just a day away from moving into freshman year of college? I asked my son, Andrew, to write a guest post to give us a peak inside his brain. He unravels his web of thoughts and emotions and throws in a few Marvel references for entertainment!…
Last night, we did our annual family photo shoot. I thought it would be funny if we took some photos of all of us looking sad and waving good-bye to Andrew, who heads off to college on Thursday. When I looked at the photos this morning, they made me laugh. But they weren’t all acting….
A lot of people have been asking me how I’m handling the fact that our oldest child is graduating high school tomorrow. Remarkably, I think I’m actually doing quite well with this. I’ve been thinking about my keys for holding it together, and it basically boils down to three fundamentals: Ignore Avoid Suppress I’ll break…
A few weeks ago, I got a phone call from a credit card company. I let it go to voice mail, assuming it was a telemarketer. When they called back the next day, they alerted me that more than $1,000 worth of merchandise had been charged to a store credit card I had not used…
We are only three weeks into summer, but so much has already happened that I feel like I need to make some attempt to write about it all on my blog. We’ve had many highlights already… The boys have both been working everyday as swim instructors. Matthew has been playing a ton of baseball. Alayna…
If you read my last blog post about visiting colleges, you might have gotten the impression that I have been winning at parenting. In fact, I even felt that way for about 2.5 minutes. Then, I woke up Tuesday morning. I suddenly remembered that prom was on Saturday. I mean, I knew it was Saturday….
