Traffic Lessons
Perhaps the most important lesson from driving in traffic is “Don’t live your life like a driver in traffic”. I remember an old joke that if you wake up looking like the picture on your driver’s...
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A Few Good (Sports) Parents
I write a lot about kids sports. Perhaps it is because we spend a lot of our non-work, waking hours with games, practices, clinics and all other manner of supporting our kids’ athletic endeavours....
Accepting No
A couple weeks ago my oldest and I were leaving the volleyball club. It was a Sunday evening and there was a couple open courts on our way out toward the exit. He asked if we could stop for a milkshake...
Saving Memories
While I don’t have any exact numbers, I feel safe in assuming a large percentage of the video cameras sold are purchased by new parents. When you are expecting, you buy a camera and record all the...
A Sterling lesson in Ownership
The boys mentioned Donald Sterling tonight – something about him enjoying the spotlight (not sure where they got that from but seemed like a good opportunity for a lesson). While I do not condone...
(New) Habits are hard to keep
So my attempt to write a post a day for the month of December failed after 4 days. Wow, that was quick. Life gets in the way but really, 4 days? Seems my attempt to get in some time on the bike and/or...
Love to watch them play- and tell them!!
It is always nice to have affirmation that you are doing something right as a parent. As my youngest son has progressed through youth soccer we have always been careful to be positive but not to over...
Leggo my Ego
My youngest was getting ready for his Holiday Chorus concert and I was helping him with his tie. As I was struggling to get an adult size tie to a correct length for a shorter frame, I commented that...
Lifetime of a Tradition
For several years a Thanksgiving weekend tradition has been a big bonfire at my in-laws. Living out in the country they pile up branches and cut trees as well as scrap wood and who knows what else throughout...
Acknowledgement is Pricless
As parents, we do a lot of things that go unrecognized. We pick up after them. We make lunches for them. We wash clothes, clean bathrooms and taxi them to various activities – often without...
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