Archive For January 31, 2015
There are warnings that parents spout that are not true or hardly meant. They are said because you are wanting some activity, behaviour, noise, or many other things relating to your child to stop. One of those classic parental warnings is ‘someday your face will freeze like that’. In the moment, when told to your…
If you ever read Charlie Brown comics you can picture Snoopy on top of his dog house, perched at the peak, imitating a bird of prey. I have that dog. She does not have a dog house to perch nor is she a beagle, but she has her own way of surveying all. I sometimes…
I love my children deeply and dearly, and we spend a lot of time together. I am filled with stories and epiphanies about them that if I shared they would duct tape me upside down to the exterior of the house in a rain storm. That leaves me with stories about my dogs. It is…