Chasing Remote Controls (click to comment)
One night when our children were small, I tucked them into bed, then sat down to watch a Blue Jay’s…
Ferrets in Your Pants (click to comment)
I don’t know about you, but I’ve never liked pain. One Saturday, as I lay on my back thrusting weights…
Insomniacs Anonymous (click to comment)
I’m sick and tired of insomnia. Of the nagging feeling this dog must have had when he finally came to…
Good Medicine (click to comment)
What helps you laugh? We took to the streets and coffee shops to ask this question of unsuspecting people. One…
Four More Habits of Effective Parents (click to comment)
Raising children is 27% bliss and 73% guerilla warfare. Kids are organized and unionized, so if you’re a frightened, frazzled…
Four Habits of Highly Effective Parents (click to comment)
My Mother once told me, “Sonny, if you don’t have answers, ask someone who does.” I was six months old…
Surprise! (click to comment)
Have you ever been surprised? The greatest surprise of my life came one evening at the dinner table when my…
The Bare Witness (click to comment)
It was bath night. A four-year-old and his younger brother were all wet. The older was constructing a bubble beard…
Little White Lie (click to comment)
When I was 10, Miss Ida Weissmuller arrived to teach my fifth grade class. With a thick German accent and…