All the Things That Matter Blog

I need to say thank you more than I do. Lots more. Certainly, I want to help my kids develop a thankful, grateful spirit. That’s why we practice saying please and thank you and why we make them ask nicely instead of ordering other people around.  But mostly, I just want to start saying...

I was driving home from the library last week. It had not been a good morning. At least…I didn’t think so. To be fair, story time had gone well, overall. The kids behaved, as much as kids at this age do. But it had stressed me out. Most outings do, these days. Getting all four...

We were at my parents’ house on Christmas day. Erin came in the kitchen talking on a toy phone, having a socially accurate and perfectly clear conversation with whomever she was imagining to be on the other end of line. I couldn’t help but wonder…Where’d she learn that? Of course, the answer was obvious....

Eric’s had the entire week off. This is the longest he’s been off work at one time since the twins were born…so, like, 3 years ago. It’s been good. I took down our Christmas tree already. It was really hard to do, but it was in the way, forcing the post-Christmas mess into the...

Every so often a real thought pops into my head. It doesn’t happen as often as it used to, and sadly there are very few situations wherein I can express the thoughts I do have. So I figured I should start blogging about them occasionally. Who knows…maybe you’ve got some thoughts to share, too…...