Category Archives: The rest of life

For my footloose and fancy free readers who currently have no small children in the house, there is a good chance that they have never read “Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She was Extinct”, by Mo Willems. It’s a shame they haven’t read this gem, because there is profound wisdom within its text. Here’sContinue reading “The Cautionary Tale of Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie”

I’m in the middle of a bout of insomnia, conveniently timed to mess up a good chunk of my weekend plans. To be accurate, it’s kind of a family affair. None of us have slept well in the last few nights, between the after-effects of a growth spurt, actual insomnia, snoring, stress, etc, etc…It wouldContinue reading “Well that doesn’t seem fair”

(as an aside, it looks like one of the search terms that led readers to my blog this week was “definition of utter ego”. Thanks for calling me egotistical, internet.) I don’t know if you feel the same way, but I have a tremendously powerful aversion to failure. Despite my belief in the learning opportunitiesContinue reading “Just keep going until someone yells ‘stop’”