I have two daughters, Grace (12) and Riley (16), and they are failures. They have failed at so many things in their short lives. They’ve entered countless contests (coloring, drawing, poetry, essay…) and have come up short too many times to count. At one point, Riley wanted to become a singer, but she just didn’t … Continued
I’m not only the father of two girls, 12 and 16, but I’ve also been an elementary school teacher for the past nineteen years. Yesterday I was in the staff workroom making copies for next week’s lessons when I heard another teacher trying to get control of her classroom: “5…4…3…2…1…0”. The class hadn’t responded. So, … Continued
Its’s weird, but although science tells me that my daughters are growing everyday, in my mind, they stay one age for maybe six to nine months at a time. Then, without warning, they make the leap to the new age, and there they stay for another half year or so. Of course, everyone else sees … Continued
Delayed gratification is not something that comes naturally to young children, sometimes even teens. And, if we are being completely honest with ourselves, many of us adults struggle with it as well. We know that if we exercise and eat right, in a few months we’ll have the bodies we want. Yet, since we don’t … Continued
I struggle with helping others out financially. Don’t get me wrong; I do it, but it’s not easy. I have to conduct a little self-talk to convince myself that I’ll be okay to donate ten bucks to the local elementary school’s jog-a-thon, that the man on the street asking for a buck for a cup … Continued
Riley just turned sixteen this month. When she was four, my wife became pregnant. We would be adding a fourth to our threesome. I wanted to make something special for Riley, before her sister arrived. I was a Film Studies major in college and recorded everything those first years of Riley’s life. So, I decided … Continued
…It Just May Make Her A Success! When my oldest, Riley, was in preschool she would often challenge me to a game of Concentration with her set of Dora the Explorer playing cards. One holiday my father was visiting and he witnessed one of our games. Riley had a great memory, but she was only … Continued