Category: life

Decluttering, Downsizing and Moving… Oh My!

Vintage photo of an exhasted mother and child in a cluttered room

My wife and I are in the middle of decluttering our home in preparation for downsizing to a much smaller new family home. Sounds easy enough, right?

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Please Come Home, Daddy!

Please Come Home Soon Daddy Calendar Wallpaper

It’s easy for us to get caught up in the apparently pressing priorities in which we are currently enmeshed at work and lose track of time; so I decided to do two things to help me remember to get home on time.

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Top 10 Funniest Parenting Tweets & Quotes

baby duck taped to the wall

Kids Say the Darndest Things was an TV series hosted by Bill Cosby in the late ’90s. Kids, however, aren’t the only ones who say funny things. Top 10 funniest recent parenting tweets and quotes:

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I’ve Been Under a Rock

Photo of Michael under a rock!

In case anyone’s noticed my recent absence from social media and the blogosphere, let me put any concerns to rest. I am alive and well and living under a rock.

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From Russia with Love—Kindness Captured on Dash Cam Videos

Random Act of Kindness Russian Dash Cam Videos

Our site had a visitor from Russia today who linked to our recent post concerning random acts of kindness from their video compilation on the same subject. [Video]

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27 Random Acts of Kindness

Our bill was paid in full as a random act of kindness

Just when the evening news has us beginning to believe the world is just a dark and scary place—that love and human kindness are in short supply—someone does something like this…

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4 Things I want Our Daughter to Always Remember…

Winnie the Pooh Lovie on our Daughter's Bed

If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together, there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and…

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How Parents May Make Their Kids Bully Targets

Photo of Crying Boy - How Parents May Make Their Kids Bully Targets

We can’t completely bully-proof our kids, but there may be some things we can do (or NOT do) that may lessen the odds of them being bullied.

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The Word for a Parent Who Loses a Child

Someone who loses a spouse is called a widow or widower, and a child who loses her parents is an orphan. What is the word for a parent who loses a child?

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