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Posts from ‘May, 2009’

breaking horses

(While this is, specifically, about raising children, the same basic struggle can be applied to nearly every action I take and every thought that runs through my brain. Internal conflict abounds.)
There is a fine line between letting a child be a child and letting a child run wild. Or, put another way, there is a [...]

looking for adventure

I had originally planned on taking a road trip out to Atlanta this coming weekend. Just get in the car Friday morning and not look back until Monday. But, as one thing leads to another, it looks like that's just not going to happen. Not because I can't, but simply because I don't think it's [...]

because I said so

"Because I said so" is one of those phrases every child hates. As an adult and now as a parent, I'm not sure I like it much more.
Celeste has a true mind of her own these days. If you tell her not to do something, she'll do it again while giving you a stare down. [...]