Not Imagining They Feel What You Feel
Whenever I’m in social settings with my daughters, I try to connect them with everyone, set up groups, and engage these friends in lively conversation.
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Whenever I’m in social settings with my daughters, I try to connect them with everyone, set up groups, and engage these friends in lively conversation.
Yesterday, a new friend who teaches high school English asks for my opinion on what I wish incoming college freshmen knew better. I recently complained–like
With the pool opening today, I find myself gathering books to read. The children don’t need me in the pool with them. They don’t want
We peer in upon the Chipping Sparrow nest on the walk to school only to find it emptied of eggs. Some predator! Some storm! We’re
Today I cut up all the vegetables and begin making those after school snack platters. They do, in fact, eat what I put out.If it’s
A million tiny moments make up a marriage. Today we both worked mostly from home, and by 2:00 PM had neglected to eat lunch. “I
When somebody starts gossiping, change the subject.When somebody starts in with all the negativity, change the subject.When somebody starts speaking offensively or crudely, change the
I’ve always been fascinated and inspired by the account in Joshua 4 when Joshua tells the twelve Israelites–one from each tribe–to take a stone from
I once calculated that I’ll have made over 7,000 dinners by the time the first one leaves for college. Dinner is a big deal around
My daughter bikes around the neighborhood while I walk far behind. I’m looking for new bird nests. Together, we’ve found old ones from last year