IDK

As I remarked to someone recently, it’s not that the bar is set lower. The bar is in an entirely different location . . .

Checklist

It was rapidly apparent and unmistakable to me that one of the chief aspects that was going to make parenting so challenging was the fact that I couldn't address them like a task on a to-do list.

Spring Broken

Before I knew it, the brief but cutting words shot out of my mouth like a cannon, aimed squarely and unequivocally in our child’s direction.

Paradox

“Once a kid is taken from their parent, if they didn’t have an issue before, they got one now.”

One Turn

How does one determine the will of God? Why, in that moment, did I interpret circumstances as an indication he wanted me to stay where I was?

Prelude to Risk, pt. 2 (or Final Chapter)

“We have to make a decision today.”

Peace on Earth

My perspective since having children has broadened significantly as to what is at one’s disposal about which to disagree passionately. Clothes, food, toys or other cherished possessions, you name it, they’ll argue over it.

Unqualified

“If anything is worth doing, it is worth doing badly,” wrote G.K. Chesterton.

Altitude

Down below, where gravity binds us to the earth, it’s easy to feel important when you’re blind to the big picture. Far above, however, every self-important person on the ground disappears.

Screen Time

We all take for granted that each of us now carry in our pockets a tool far and away more advanced and complex than the earthshaking machines that sent men to the moon. With that kind of personal power, we all know there’s no going back, regardless of the extremity of any downsides discovered since.