Our lives as parents

Messages for son when he is older.

Aden at eight months old.
Today you are eight months old. Your personality is developing every day. We are at a family get together this weekend and are realizing that you aren’t too crazy about 50 dogs, 100 kids, and all the aunts and uncles in your face. But that is ok, your mother and father aren’t too crazy about that either.

The official start to summer! Kind of a bummer that we already have a tropical system overhead and it doesn’t look too promising at the moment for a sunny weekend. The weatherman keeps promising a clear weekend…

The work place has been discussing potential cuts in pay for employees. When my wife and I caught wind of this we immediately said ok, let’s cut back 10% right now. So we looked at the following to reduce our output. 1) Try to be proactive It is sometimes difficult to “catch wind of something” [...]

A contemplation of being a mother.