What happens if there’s no one specific person to blame? That’s where we parents get the phrase, life sometimes isn’t fair.
Tag: parenting
When putting in the work pays off
What an amazing thing to get to see your child put in the work and watch it pay off.
The Minivan Chronicles: Where the Magic Happens
Drive-Time Diaries: Life Lessons from the Front Seat
Trusting the process
…and other first day of school vibes.
Matching Energy
My family tends to bring the best out of me, even when I’m not at my best.
Black to the Woods
How a weekend camping with two other black families led to healing and restoration.
A dream (not) deferred…
One of my favorite poems from my youth is the Langston Hughes classic that reads: What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore–And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over–like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it…
Learning to let go (again)…
Not bad for her first driving lesson. Not bad for me, either.
When there’s too much to do…
Sometimes it’s the abundance of options that’s our biggest obstacle.
Be a thermostat, not a thermometer
Parenting: an unexpected masterclass in flexibility.
everyday fatherhood 