Connor and Helen Grow Up

We are all vulnerable. Sometimes, our weaknesses are apparent to many; sometimes they are apparent to few. Sometimes, we make up weaknesses ...

About a year after I went to graduate school, my mom confided to me that when she and my dad dropped me off at school, she knew I was neve...

I was excited to attend my first softball game of the season last Saturday. I missed Helen's prior two games because I was in Minnesota ...

Helen endures the winter and what she sees as the oppressive fashion regime she must cow-tow to. Our only clothing rule is that she must wea...

Connor was given the assignment to write a poem about a color. Connor's favorite color is yellow - as in sunshine and daisy centers. He ...

My parents took on childcare duty for most of spring break. My parent's basic strategy is to try and find an outing each day, let the ki...

I have an unnatural love of the White House egg roll. Every year we've gone, it's been a ton of fun and has produced a lot of fun me...

My parents have come into town to play the role of full-time childcare provider while I head to the less chaotic confines of my downtown off...

Ed led Connor's Boy Scout troop, and to say he was out of his element would be an understatement. But he did a fantastic job setting up ...

Ed and I used to bike most of where we went. I think Ed would fill the car up with gas about once a month. But then we had children, and bik...