We were boys on a mission. It was Halloween night, and my dad was late picking us up. We stood waiting and waiting for him. But it was the pre-cell phone era, so all we could do was tap our feet impatiently and mutter under our breath. Dad finally showed up – a miscommunication apparently – and got us home just before the unofficial start time for trick-or-treating in my neighborhood. We quickly changed into our costumes, grabbed old pillow cases to hold our candy and started running from house to house. Our neighborhood. We said it was all about the candy. We didn’t care about … [Read more...]
Summer Spent Longing for What These Months Used to Mean to Me
The alarm went off this morning just after six. And my daily routine began: morning service, breakfast, drive the kids to camp, work, pick up kids, work, dinner, hang with kids and work. Oh, how could I forget – ensure kids have done their summer work for school. Yup, that’s pretty much my daily routine. You know what that reminds me of? The rest of the year! Remember when summer was different? Remember when the season could not come fast enough and it could not stay for long enough? What filled your summers? Mine changed over the years but all had an element of magic. My … [Read more...]
Educated Children Learn to Manage Their Responses, Rather Than Beat the System
“Dad, they shouldn’t give us so much homework to do during summer. It’s not fair and it’s not right.” I nod my head in agreement with my son, and tell him part of me agrees with him, but it doesn’t matter because this isn’t a debate. His homework is his responsibility. It’s part of the joy of going into 8th grade and getting ready for high school. High school. It doesn’t seem possible that my son is almost old enough to be in high school. It is hard to fathom how fast time has gone, but it’s growing easier to imagine a time when he will not be a little boy any more. Truth is that … [Read more...]
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