At Least I’m Not My Dad
In hindsight, I probably was not quite as strict a disciplinarian with my girls when they were growing up as I should have been. Certainly nothing like how my dad disciplined me. I realize now […]
Tag: kids
Turkey walks down Memory Lane
My son is coming home from college for Thanksgiving and I can’t wait. I miss him. In reality, he hasn’t gone anywhere—not yet, anyway. The kid is only 13 years old. He’s in junior high […]
Flatbread and Why Our Leaders Don’t Mime
Tajikistani Appetizer NON (Flat Bread) INGREDIENTS 2¼ cups flour (2 more tablespoons later) ¾ teaspoon salt ¾ teaspoon sugar 2¼ teaspoons yeast ½ cup water ½ cup plain yogurt 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (1⅔ tablespoons […]
Milk Mania!
It’s night. Good Guy is fast asleep in bed, unshakable. Outside, Bad Guy is armed, dangerous. He breaks into Good Guy’s house. If only Good Guy could hear Bad Guy down the hall, he could […]
Are You a Supermarket Dick?
Are you a supermarket dick? Do you make other shoppers’ time in the store miserable? Take this test and find out. Do you: 1) Block the aisle with your cart? (2 points) 2) Still leave […]
Allegedly Sweet Things Said to Me by Children
(From a four year old preschooler, explaining why she needed to wear a “bra” (bathing suit top) under her shirt) “I need it so I can have big boobies like Miss Michelle.” (From a six […]
Video games cheat
For fun, my 10-year-old son decided to play a Wii Sports video game. He kept losing. Where’s the fun in that? The kid doesn’t even know how to use the controls. He just hits buttons, […]
To make a long story sport
Sports—my 11-year-old son never really got into any of them. Until this year. When he was younger, he played soccer and tried karate, and he would’ve been good at both if it wasn’t for the […]
Friday Humor Devotional
Dear Lord, please remind me to be more specific when my children asked me what I want for Mother’s Day. I said I simply wanted a flower from each of them. I guess I got […]
An Excerpt from Dorothy Rosby’s I Didn’t Know You Could Make Birthday Cake From Scratch: Parenting Blunders from Cradle to Empty Nest
Today we are thrilled to excerpt a chapter from I Didn’t Know You Could Make Birthday Cake From Scratch: Parental Blunders from Cradle to Empty Nest by Dorothy Rosby. With Mother’s Day approaching, this is […]