Tag Archive 'kids'

Mortal Skulls Motorcycle Club a Run for Awareness

Birthday Party Bashes

A child’s 1st birthday is a joyous occasion, which lives in the memories of the proud parents forever. However, the majority of kids won’t remember anything about this fine day, but do enjoy looking at the birthday photos later on.

Whether a parent admits it or not, he or she will need babysitting services at some point. In order to keep oneself mentally and emotionally healthy, it is important that parents get some quality time for themselves. hatever your circumstance, you want to be certain your loved ones are well taken care off in your absence. A babysitter can be of huge assistance, as long as you hire an individual who is experienced, mature, reliable and who genuinely cares about the well-being of your children.

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Funny how different seasons of emotions hit each individual at a different time. Must be some sort of trigger that sets it off. I got hit with empty nest type pangs last time our oldest left home. My wife is going through the same thing this time.
Understand we aren’t even [...]

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It didn’t matter to my mom, bless her heart, if I wanted to be a musician, I should be a teacher. If I wanted to be a teacher, I should be a veterinarian. If I wanted to be a veterinarian, I should be a lawyer. That’s one way of doing it. My dad [...]

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Encouraging Words to Improve Family Life and Build Self-Esteem
By Louise Hart
Never in the history of human procreation has parenting been easy. It comes naturally, to be sure, but juggling the needs of a family is anything but simple. Feeding, cleaning, and clothing can be stressful enough, but when you add the [...]

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This bit of wisdom came my way via Twitter:
#QUOTE: “The greatest service you can ever do is to teach your Children to make Good Decisions.” ~~Mike Wesely
And my response:
@Mike_Wesely How about just teaching them how to make decisions? The “good” part is beyond teaching I think. #QUOTE
First of all, for those of you [...]

I Can’t

Ben (our youngest) has always been a special kid. While the other three were mostly compliant, Ben at an early age exhibited a strongly independent streak. I feel badly sometimes because I think Ben thinks we’re not as proud of him because he is different. There is no denying that parenting him has been more [...]

A Conversation with Isaac

Ok, today I got a recent story for you. How about as recently as yesterday?
So Isaac, my oldest son and I are talking about his future. He’s telling me his plans, We’re strategizing. I’m coaching. Like that.
All of a sudden he turns the tables on me and asks why I’m worried about the economy and [...]

Welcome!

Welcome to family life. You know, that thing all of us have in one form or another but that few of us ever talk about. This blog will be about all the victories and defeats that come from being the normal all American dysfunctional family. Honestly, I didn’t even realize we fit that description until [...]