This Boy
It’s inconceivable that I had my last baby 11 years ago. For awhile, it seemed having babies was all I did. But today, my youngest hits Same-Double-Digits. (You’ve heard that story a million times, haven’t you? My kids still like to taunt me with it, though. No one in this family forgets ANYTHING.) 11 on […]
Parenting’s Second Half
We’re in the second half of parenting. All of our kids are double-digits, a couple of them already well into the teenage years. Next month, my youngest will be double-same-digits. (That particular term is derived from a bit of lore in our house… When Sam was turning 11, I said to him, “Aren’t you excited?! You’re […]
A Perfect Ten
Isn’t it obnoxious when parents refer to their nearly-grown children as their babies? My mom is guilty of it… and I haven’t been a baby for over 40 years. That obnoxiousness must be hereditary in some way because I’m going to do the exact same thing. My baby turns ten today. It’s been a decade […]